Like Canberra was a political party registered for the
2016 Australian Capital Territory general election
A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday, 15 October 2016.
The 15-year incumbent Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr, won a fifth term over the main opposition Liberal Part ...
. It was formally registered on 28 June 2016.
It fielded two candidates in each of the five electorates.
The party's views included support for a
bullet train between
Canberra and
Sydney, an Independent Commission Against Corruption, waiving one parking fine per year, increased wages for nurses, childcare workers and teachers, and marriage equality. They initially opposed the
Canberra's light rail project, labelling it a "trojan horse" for developers along
Northbourne Avenue
Northbourne Avenue is a major road in Canberra, Australia. It extends from City Hill in the south, to the Federal Highway in the north.
It is a north–south running road which has three lanes for motorised traffic, and one lane for bicy ...
; they now state "it is going to happen", and support an investigation of the process and scrutiny of the ongoing rollout.
The Like Canberra party had overlapping membership and goals with the federally-registered
Bullet Train for Australia party, which had grown from a party named Bullet Train for Canberra in the
2012 ACT election, the Canberra party having been deregistered on 13 August 2013.
Both Bullet Train for Australia and Like Canberra were headed by Tim Bohm; however, they are not officially related. The relationship between the parties is disputed, with three disgruntled Bullet Train for Australia members raising concerns about the party's endorsement of Like Canberra, party expenditure on the Like Canberra campaign, and a lack of consultation around the intersection between the parties.
The Like Canberra party was deregistered in 2018.
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Defunct political parties in the Australian Capital Territory