{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox political party | name = Bullet Train For Australia | logo = bullet-train-for-australia-logo.png | colorcode = #008acf | leader = Tim Bohm | foundation = 2012 | registered = {{start date|2013|05|17|df=yes}} | dissolved = {{end date|df=yes|2017|5|23}} | position = Single-issue advocating high-speed rail in Australia | website = {{url|https://web.archive.org/web/20130904022854/http://bullettrainforaustralia.com.au/|Home - Bullet Train for Australia}} | country = Australia }} '''Bullet Train for Australia''', formerly known as '''Bullet Train for Canberra''', was an Australian political party, registered from 2013 to 2017. It was a single-issue party campaigning for a fast implementation of high-speed rail. It advocated that the first stage of the bullet train should run from Melbourne to Newcastle via Canberra and Sydney, and be built within 5 years.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registered_parties/bullet-train.htm |title=Register of Political Parties |access-date= 3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816034603/http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registered_parties/bullet-train.htm |archive-date=16 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="The Age 2013">Gray, Darren: [http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/validating-her-ticket-aimed-at-biting-the-bullet-on-railways-20130902-2t162.html "Validating her ticket aimed at biting the bullet on railways"], in ''The Age'', 3 September 2013</ref>
The party first contested the 2012 ACT election, gaining around 9,000 votes,<ref>Anderson, Stephanie: [http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/bullet-train-could-be-your-ticket-unless-youre-a-stiff-20130624-2ot1x.html "Bullet Train could be your ticket, unless you're a stiff"], in ''The Canberra Times'', 25 June 2013</ref> representing 4% of first preference votes.<ref>Elections ACT: [http://elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/2012_act_legislative_assembly_election/2012_election_results2/2012_results_by_electorate_and_by_party "2012 Results by Electorate and by Party"], 14 January 2013</ref> The party was renamed to Bullet Train For Australia in 2013 and had 18 candidates in the federal election that year, in the ACT, NSW and Victoria.<ref name="The Age 2013"/>
The party was involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance (MPA) and the Alliance for Progress.<ref name="bitter">{{cite web |last1=Bormann |first1=Trevor |title=Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-06/bitter-dispute-erupts-over-senate-preferences-in-queensland/4939300 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=20 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725204404/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-06/bitter-dispute-erupts-over-senate-preferences-in-queensland/4939300 |archive-date=25 July 2024 |date=6 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Members |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311194831/http://allianceforprogress.org.au/members/ |publisher=Alliance for Progress |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>
The party fielded four candidates for seats in the House of Representatives in the ACT, NSW and Victoria in the 2016 federal election.<ref name="2016candidates">{{cite web |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/election/candidates.htm |title=Candidates for the 2016 federal election |date=11 June 2016 |access-date=11 June 2016 |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission}}</ref>
On 23 May 2017, the Australian Electoral Commission approved the party's application for voluntary deregistration.<ref name="dereg">{{cite web|title=Bullet Train for Australia Voluntary Deregistration|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/files/2017-6250.pdf|publisher=AEC|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Australia|Trains}} * High-speed rail in Australia * Transport in Australia
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130904022854/http://bullettrainforaustralia.com.au/ Official website]
{{Defunct Australian political parties}}
Category:Defunct political parties in Australia Category:Political parties established in 2012 Category:Political parties disestablished in 2017 Category:2012 establishments in Australia Category:2017 disestablishments in Australia Category:Single-issue political parties in Australia Category:High-speed rail in Australia
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