The Mutual Party (previously the Bank Reform Party) is a de-registered minor

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. The party has been involved in

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. The party's lead candidate for the

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at the 2014 special election was

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, who has been a

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(and later independent) member of the

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, and an independent and

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Senate candidate at the

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and 2013 federal elections, respectively. In March 2015, the Australian Progressive Party (not to be confused with the similarly named

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) announced that it had absorbed the Mutual Party after they agreed to join forces. The Mutual Party was deregistered in April 2015, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.

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Mutual Party website

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