{{Short description|Defunct Australian political party}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{for|the present-day party founded in 2024|Australia's Voice}} {{Infobox political party | name = | native_name = | logo = Australian Voice Party.png | logo_size = | colorcode = {{Australian politics/party colours|australian voice}} | leader = | president = {{nowrap|Keith Douglas {{small|(2013)}}}} <br/> {{nowrap|Jamie Cavanough {{small|(2014−2015)}}}} <br/> Rick Boskma {{small|(2018)}} | chairperson = | secretary = Bevan Collingwood | general_secretary = | first_secretary = | secretary_general = | presidium = | spokesperson = | foundation = | ideology = Anti-Islam<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sakkal |first1=Paul |last2=Muroi |first2=Millie |title=Payman's party shares name with anti-Islam party linked to her top adviser |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/fatima-payman-s-reveals-party-name-but-leaves-details-hanging-20241009-p5kgyl.html |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104084300/https://www.smh.com.au/national/fatima-payman-s-reveals-party-name-but-leaves-details-hanging-20241009-p5kgyl.html |archive-date=4 November 2024 |date=9 October 2024}}</ref> | headquarters = | international = | website = | registered = {{Start date and age|2 July 2013}} | country = Australia | abbreviation = | founder = Jamie Cavanough | legalised = | dissolved = | colors = | native_name_lang = | governing_body = | standing_committee = | merger = | split = | predecessor = | merged = | successor = | newspaper = | think_tank = | student_wing = | youth_wing = | womens_wing = | membership = | membership_year = | position = Right-wing | slogan = | anthem = | symbol = | flag = | flag_alt = | country2 = | footnotes = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = }} The '''Australian Voice Party''' ('''AVP''') was a right-wing Australian political party.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dale |first1=Stephanie |title=Australia’s newest political party – interview with the president |url=https://nofibs.com.au/australias-newest-political-party-interview-president-stephaniedale22-reports/ |publisher=No Fibs Independents Day |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241030204642/https://nofibs.com.au/australias-newest-political-party-interview-president-stephaniedale22-reports/ |archive-date=30 October 2024 |date=4 September 2013}}</ref> It was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 2 July 2013 and deregistered on 23 July 2015, although its website remains online as of November 2024.<ref name="aec">{{cite web |title=Australian Voice Party |url=https://aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/aust-voice.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714193102/https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/aust-voice.htm |archive-date=14 July 2024 |date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
==History== The AVP endorsed candidates in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia at the 2013 federal election. The party also contested the 2014 special Senate election in Western Australia, receiving 0.08% of the vote.
Following the 2013 election, the party elected a new leadership team, with Jamie Cavanough as president and Bevan Collingwood as national secretary. Cavanough resigned as president and from the party on 28 February 2015.
The AVP was deregistered by the AEC on 23 July 2015 after failing to provide it had the 500 members required for registration.<ref name="aec"/> It was not re-registered in time for the 2016 federal election.
In 2018, the party elected a new leadership team for the 2019 federal election, with Rick Boskma as president. However, it ultimately did not contest the election.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Leadership Team... |url=http://ausvoice.org/leadership-team |access-date=25 November 2024 |publisher=Australian Voice party |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241030204642/https://nofibs.com.au/australias-newest-political-party-interview-president-stephaniedale22-reports/ |archive-date=30 October 2024}}</ref>
As of November 2024, the AVP website remains online.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sakkal |first1=Paul |last2=Muroi |first2=Millie |title=Payman's party shares name with anti-Islam party linked to her top adviser |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/fatima-payman-s-reveals-party-name-but-leaves-details-hanging-20241009-p5kgyl.html |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104084300/https://www.smh.com.au/national/fatima-payman-s-reveals-party-name-but-leaves-details-hanging-20241009-p5kgyl.html |archive-date=4 November 2024 |date=9 October 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.ausvoice.org Party website]
Category:Defunct political parties in Australia Category:Political parties established in 2013 Category:2013 establishments in Australia