{{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} The '''Mutual Party''' (previously the '''Bank Reform Party''') is a de-registered minor political party in Australia.<ref>[http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/mutual.htm Deregistered/renamed political parties: AEC]</ref>
The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/bitter-dispute-erupts-over-senate-preferences-in-queensland/4939300 Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/special-features/alliance-of-micro-parties-boosts-odds-for-likes-of-one-nation-or-shooters-and-fishers-gaining-senate-spot-through-preferences/story-fnho52jp-1226713114765 Alliance of micro parties boosts odds for likes of One Nation or Shooters and Fishers gaining Senate spot through preferences: Daily Telegraph 5 September 2013]</ref>
The party's lead candidate for the Senate in Western Australia at the 2014 special election was Anthony Fels, who has been a Liberal (and later independent) member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and an independent and Katter's Australian Party Senate candidate at the 2010 and 2013 federal elections, respectively.<ref>Rex Drabik (1 April 2014). [http://www.esperanceexpress.com.au/story/2189273/senate-candidate-focuses-on-housing-crisis/ "Senate candidate focuses on housing crisis"] – ''The Esperance Express''. Retrieved 11 April 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.mutualparty.com.au/wa WA: Group M for Mutual in the WA Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142326/http://www.mutualparty.com.au/wa |date=13 April 2014 }} – The Mutual Party. Retrieved 11 April 2014.</ref>
In March 2015, the Australian Progressive Party (not to be confused with the similarly named Australian Progressives) announced that it had absorbed the Mutual Party after they agreed to join forces.<ref>{{cite web | title =Media Release: Mutual Party joins forces with Australian Progressive Party | website =Australian Progressive Party | date =13 March 2015 | url =http://www.progressives.org.au/mutual_party_joins_app | access-date =2 August 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170310130102/http://www.progressives.org.au/mutual_party_joins_app | archive-date =10 March 2017 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
The Mutual Party was deregistered in April 2015, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.<ref>{{cite web | title =Deregistered parties - Mutual Party | website =Australian Electoral Commission | date =17 April 2015 | url =http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/mutual.htm | access-date =2 August 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125320/http://www.mutualparty.com.au/ Mutual Party website]
==See also== *List of political parties in Australia
{{Defunct Australian political parties}}
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