Australia's First Nations Political Party (AFNPP), also known as The First Nations Political Party, was an

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founded in 2010 and federally registered with the

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from 6 January 2011 until 15 August 2015 when it failed to demonstrate evidence of the required 500 party members. The party was also formerly registered at a territory level. The party was founded by former

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candidate Maurie Japarta Ryan, grandson of

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activist

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. The policies of the party focused on issues such as Northern Territory statehood and Aboriginal sovereignty. In 2010, the party supported a number of

candidates as they were not registered in time for the federal election. The unregistered Ecological, Social Justice, Aboriginal Party (ESJAP) also backed several independents, and the parties amalgamated in July 2010 in order to be registered. The party ran candidates, including

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, in 8 of the 25

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seats at the 2012 territory election on 2.2 percent of the territory-wide vote. They performed best in the seat of Stuart on 16.4 percent of the vote. The party ran two Northern Territory

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candidates including

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at the 2013 federal election on 1.4 percent of the Northern Territory Senate vote.FIRST PREFERENCES BY GROUP - NT
, AEC, 10 October 2013. The party changed their name in November 2013 from "Australian First Nations Political Party" to "Australia's First Nations Political Party".
Australian Electoral Commission, 14 November 2013.

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