Australian Independents
The Australian Independents was a political party in Australia, founded by serial election candidate Patricia Petersen in 2012. The party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 16 July 2013.
In the 2013 federal election, the Australian Independents ran Senate candidates in every state and territory. The party also ran 6 candidates in the House of Representatives. In Queensland, the party placed 17th out of the 34 parties that ran having received 0.48% of the primary vote. Nationally, the party placed 7th out of the 72 parties that ran, with its senate candidates having received a total of 45,441 first preference votes, 0.34% of the total votes cast. Its House of Representatives candidates received 4,163 first preference votes, 0.03% of votes cast.
The party was deregistered by the AEC on 4 February 2016, after failing to demonstrate the requisite 500 members to maintain registration.
