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Alliance for Progress (Australia)
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The Alliance for Progress (AFP), also known simply as the Alliance, was an alliance of small Australian political parties.[7][8] It was composed of nine parties with progressive ideologies as part of an effort to work together on campaigns, share resources, and negotiate preference recommendations.[9][10]
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The 2013 federal election resulted in a number of minor parties being elected to the Senate, after the Minor Party Alliance (MPA) organised and negotiated preference flows through the group voting ticket (GVT) system.[11] The MPA was organised by Glenn Druery and included both progressive and non-progressive political parties, with those elected in 2013 including the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party, Family First Party, and the Liberal Democratic Party.[11]
In 2015, a number of parties that had worked with Druery split from the MPA to form the Alliance for Progress, in time for the Canning by-election.[3][6] Two members of the newly-formed Alliance − the Animal Justice Party and the Pirate Party − as well as the Sustainable Population Party, which was participating in Alliance meetings, contested the by-election.[3][12]
The Alliance for Progress was critical of changes to the Senate electoral system, which included the removal of GVTs, and instead favoured the introduction of optional preferential voting below-the-line.[13][14] The removal of GVTs was supported by the Greens, and the Alliance for Progress chose to contest Greens-targeted seats at the 2016 federal election in response.[1][15]
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Official members
Nine parties were official members of the Alliance for Progress.[16]
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Eleven parties attended Alliance for Progress meetings, but were not officially members.[16][36]
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- The Science Party was known as the Future Party until 24 March 2016.[29]
- The Sustainable Australia Party was known as the Sustainable Population Party from 28 February 2014 until 18 January 2016.[53]
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