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Clive Palmer challenges federal plan to deregister his political party ahead of Queensland election
Businessman Clive Palmer has a launched a legal challenge against federal moves to deregister his United Australia Party (UAP).
Key points:
- The AEC notified the UAP it could not match more than 130 membership names against the electoral roll
- Mr Palmer alleges the AEC followed an invalid process, knowing the party had satisfied the 500-member test at the state level
- The ECQ last month said there was currently no evidence to instigate deregistration proceedings at the state level
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced last month that Mr Palmer’s UAP had failed a membership test to determine whether it had at least 500 members.
The AEC issued a notice of intention to deregister the businessman’s party, giving Mr Palmer a month to…
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