No Parking Meters Party | |
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| Leader | Charles Matthews |
| Founded | February 2006 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Randwick, New South Wales |
| Ideology | Anti-taxation Consumer rights |
| Randwick City Council | 1 / 15 (2008–2012)
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| Website | |
| noparkingmetersparty | |
The No Parking Meters Party was a minor political party in Australia. The party was registered from 2006 to 2013 with the New South Wales Electoral Commission to contest state and local council elections.
Founding and policy[edit]
The party was founded in February 2006[1] as a single-issue party,[2] seeing parking meters as "an extra tax on the family car".[3] However, they now have broader policies: opposing tolls, pokie taxes, and red tape, among others.[4] Founder and councillor Charles Matthews had a proposal to impose a $50 registration fee on bicycle riders, which would be used to help fund cycleways being built by the council, but it was later rejected by other councillors.[5][6]
Representation[edit]
The party had a representative on the City of Randwick, its founder, Charles Matthews.[7] Matthews served on the Randwick council from 1977 to 2004, and was again elected in 2008. He served as the city's first mayor following its incorporation from 1990 to 1991.[8] Matthews failed to be re-elected at the 2012 New South Wales local elections.
Deregistration[edit]
In 2013 the Australian Electoral Commission deregistered No Parking Meters Party for having fewer than 500 members, the required amount for a political party in Australia. A review request by the party with a new member list was rejected after 2 of the 18 alleged members were randomly contacted by the AEC and denied being members of the party.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Two new Political Parties Formed". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) The Weekly Times Online - ^ Frank Walker; Peta Fitzgerald (8 January 2006). "Fine mess as fury mounts over mad grab for cash". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Parking meters in party's sights". Newcastle Herald. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Call to ban parking meters". Southern Courier. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Randwick Council to charge $50 to register your bicycle". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) StreetCorner, 8 June 2010 - ^ "No Parking Meters Party Bike Rego Plan Goes Down in Flames at Randwick City Council". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Murray Matson, StreetCorner, 23 June 2010 - ^ Nick Moncrieff-Hill (12 March 2009). "Councillor supports his saviours". Southern Courier. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Cr Charles Matthews". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Randwick City Council - ^ AEC (2013). "Application for registration refused – No Parking Meters Party". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- ABC Elections- Randwick
- ElectionLeaflets
- Afternoons with Carol Duncan interview
- Crikey coverage
- 'Souths star Craig Wing plots switch to politics'
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