The Australian Bill of Rights Group was a minor Australian political party agitating for the creation of a
Bill of Rights for Australia. Formally registered on 19 December 1995, it operated until it was deregistered for having fewer than 500 members on 15 November 1999.
[ Australian Electoral Commission]
Australian Bill of Rights Group
/ref> At the 1996 federal election it contested the Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland on joint tickets with the Republican Party of Australia; among its candidates were future New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ...
lor Peter Breen, who headed the ticket in New South Wales. The party ran a single ticket in Victoria in the 1998 federal election.
See also
* Constitution of Australia
The Constitution of Australia (or Australian Constitution) is a written constitution, constitutional document that is Constitution, supreme law in Australia. It establishes Australia as a Federation of Australia, federation under a constitutio ...
* Human rights in Australia
References
1995 establishments in Australia
1999 disestablishments in Australia
Defunct political parties in Australia
Political parties established in 1995
Political parties disestablished in 1999
Single-issue political parties in Australia
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