No Parking Meters Party

No Parking Meters Party
Leader Charles Matthews
Founded February 2006 (2006-02)
Headquarters Randwick, New South Wales
Ideology Anti-taxation, consumer rights
Website
noparkingmetersparty.org
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The No Parking Meters Party is a minor Australian political party. The party was registered from 2006 to 2013 with the New South Wales Electoral Commission to contest state and local council elections, and has done so.

Founding and Policy

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] However the party supports the proposal by Randwick councillor and party member Charles Matthews to impose a $50 registration fee on bicycle riders, which would be used to help fund cycleways being built by the council,[5] it was rejected by other councillors.[6]

Representation

The party has 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 1990-1991.[8][9] It contested the New South Wales state election, 2011.

Deregistration

In 2013 The Australian Electoral Commission deregistered No Parking Meters Party for having less 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.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Two new Political Parties Formed at the Wayback Machine (archived March 14, 2012) The Weekly Times Online
  2. ↑ Frank Walker; Peta Fitzgerald (January 8, 2006). "Fine mess as fury mounts over mad grab for cash". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Parking meters in party's sights". Newcastle Herald. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Call to ban parking meters". Southern Courier. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Randwick Council to charge $50 to register your bicycle at the Wayback Machine (archived February 2, 2014) StreetCorner, 08-06-2010
  6. ↑ No Parking Meters Party Bike Rego Plan Goes Down in Flames at Randwick City Council at the Wayback Machine (archived February 2, 2014) Murray Matson, StreetCorner, 23-06-2010
  7. ↑ Nick Moncrieff-Hill (12 Mar 2009). "Councillor supports his saviours". Southern Courier. Archived from the original on Mar 21, 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Cr Charles Matthews at the Wayback Machine (archived March 22, 2012) Randwick City Council
  9. ↑ Anne Zhong; Luo Ya (April 24, 2009). "‘I’m so delighted that I was here tonight’". Epoch Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  10. ↑ AEC (2013). "Application for registration refused – No Parking Meters Party". Retrieved 23 September 2014.

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