United Australia Party

• The United Australia Party (UAP), formerly known as the Palmer United Party (PUP), is an Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013 and deregistered in 2017. It was revived under the original name in 2018, with ex-Pauline Hanson’s One Nation senator Brian Burston representing it in parliament. The party fielded candidates in all 150 House of Representatives seats at the September 2013 federal election. Palmer, the party’s leader, was elected to the Division of Fairfax and it reached a peak of three Senators following the rerun of the Western Australian senate election in 2014. At state and territory level, the party has been represented in the Parliament of the Northern Territory (NT) and the Parliament of Queensland. Two former Liberal National (and later independent) members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly joined the PUP in April 2013, while three former Country Liberal (CLP) (and briefly independent) members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, joined the party in April 2014. Both of the Queensland members left to become independents again during 2014, and all the NT members left the party that same year, with two becoming independents and one re-joining the CLP. The party unsuccessfully contested the South Australian, Tasmanian, and Victorian state elections in 2014. Thus far (May 2019), no PUP or UAP candidates have been elected to a state or territory parliament. The second incarnation of the party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission on 12 December 2018, with a Brisbane address and Palmer as the registered officer.

Ideologies:

• Right-wing populism, Australian nationalism

Official website:

• https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/