Climate Emergency Action Alliance

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Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet
AbbreviationVote Planet
PresidentKammy Cordney-Hunt
Founded11 October 2019;4 years ago (2019-10-11)
Ideology Climate change action
Environmentalism
National affiliation Fusion Party [1]
Website
www.voteplanet.net

Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet, formerly the Save Our One Planet Alliance, is an Australian political party founded in 2019. [2] The party is an electoral alliance between the unregistered "Save the Planet" and "One Planet" parties. [3] [4] "Save Our One Planet Alliance" changed its name in 2021 to the "Climate Emergency Alliance: Vote Planet". [5]

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Save the Planet was formed in 2012, and several of its members have contested Victorian state elections in the electorates of Brunswick and Northcote. [6]

The party's policies primarily focus around issues surrounding climate change, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for a post-climate change planet. [4]

In early 2022, it merged with other parties to become the Fusion Party. [7]

Electoral history

Federal

Election yearParty [lower-alpha 1] CandidateSeatVotes %±%
2013  Save The PlanetDean O'Callaghan Wills 2,0402.25+2.25
2018 by-election  Save The PlanetAdrian Whitehead Batman 7450.87+0.87

Victoria

Election yearParty [lower-alpha 1] CandidateSeatVotes %±%
2014  Save The PlanetDean O'Callaghan Brunswick 4911.20+1.20
2014  Save The PlanetReade Smith Frankston 1790.50+0.50
2014  Save The PlanetJordan Crook Monbulk 3420.90+0.90
2014  Save The PlanetBryony Edwards Northcote 3240.80+0.80
2014  Save The PlanetTiffany Harrison Northern Metro 1770.04+0.04
2017 by-election  Save The PlanetBryony Edwards Northcote 1540.40-0.40
2018  Save The PlanetChristopher Anderson Brunswick 2500.57+0.57
2018  Save The PlanetJordan Crook Monbulk 1,1763.10+2.18
2018  Save The PlanetBryony Edwards Northcote 4441.04+0.21
2022  Save The PlanetAdrian Whitehead Northcote 5181.20+1.20

Darebin

Election yearPartyCandidateWardVotes %±%
2016  Save The PlanetAdrian WhiteheadCazaly3631.55+1.55
2016  Save The PlanetBryony EdwardsRucker1,0464.22+4.22
2020  Save The PlanetBryony EdwardsNorth East1,43814.84+10.62
2020  Save The PlanetPhilip David SuttonSouth East7116.75+6.75
2020  Save The PlanetAdrian WhiteheadSouth West7858.49+6.94

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Party was not registered, and all candidates formally contested as independents

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References

  1. "Our Party". Fusion Party Australia.
  2. "Registration of a political party Save Our One Planet Alliance" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. "SAVE THE PLANET". SAVE THE PLANET. The Save the Planet executive has temporarily joined forces with another political party under the name "Save Our One Planet" (long version) in order to register for the 2019 Federal Election. ... The other political party, One Planet, is a rural focused party based in Victoria
  4. 1 2 Aidt, Mik (11 April 2019). "Australia: New climate emergency party enters federal election". Climate Emergency Declaration. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. "Change of party name, abbreviation and logo - Save Our One Planet Alliance" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
  6. "Save the Planet". VotePlanet.net.
  7. "Our Party". fusionparty.org.au. Retrieved 24 February 2022.