Australian Women's Party (1995)
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The Australian Women's Party was a minor Australia
n feminist party that was first registered with the Australian Electoral Commission
on 19 December 1995 and was deregistered on 22 April 2003. Its main platform consisted of a constitution
al alteration to ensure equal representation of men and women at all levels of government, included in the republic debate.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n feminist party that was first registered with the Australian Electoral Commission
Australian Electoral Commission
The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are overseen by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.The Australian Electoral Commission...
on 19 December 1995 and was deregistered on 22 April 2003. Its main platform consisted of a constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
al alteration to ensure equal representation of men and women at all levels of government, included in the republic debate.