The Australian Women's Party was a minor
Australian
feminist party that was first registered with the
Australian Electoral Commission
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Responsibilities
The AEC's main responsibility is to ...
on 19 December 1995 and was deregistered on 22 April 2003. Its main platform consisted of a
constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these princ ...
al alteration to ensure equal representation of men and women at all levels of government, included in the
republic debate.
In 2018, The Women's Party, a new political party, distinct from the original Australian Women's Party, was formed which gained formal registration as a political party from the Australian Electoral Commission on 20 February 2019.
See also
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Feminism in Australia
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Politics of Australia
The politics of Australia take place within the framework of a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system under its Constitution, one of the world's oldest, since ...
References
1995 establishments in Australia
2003 disestablishments in Australia
Defunct political parties in Australia
Feminist organisations in Australia
Feminist parties
Political parties established in 1995
Political parties disestablished in 2003
Organizations for women in politics
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