Aussie Battler Party


The Aussie Battler Party was a political party in Victoria, Australia, formed in October 2018 and contested the 2018 state election. It sought to "represent all of those who are fed up with so much wasting of taxpayers money and time by too many politicians who have forgotten what it is like to live in mainstream society". The party has been described as arch-conservative and called for a "10-year good behaviour bond" on new migrants and a ban on what they call "paedophile grooming content" in the anti-bullying Safe Schools program.
It fielded candidates in each of the eight regions of the Victorian Legislative Council and gained 0.9% of the vote. The party's policies included:
One of their candidates was Walter Mikac who was one of the driving forces behind Australia's tougher gun laws, but the party has done a number of preference deals with parties that are supported by the gun lobby. It has participated in preference harvesting deals organised by "preference whisperer" Glenn Druery.
After the 2018 Victorian State Election all parties who did not receive a minimum of a 4% statewide vote we're required to undergo a "membership check" by the Victorian Electoral Commission. ABP ultimately failed this initial check and were then required to undergo a full membership check. ABP failed this check again and has been formally de-registered by the Victorian Electoral Commission in 2019.