Australian Workers Party

Not to be confused with Workers Party (Australia).

Political party in Australia

Australian Workers Party

Abbreviation| AWP
President| Peter Bell
Secretary| Mark Ptolemy
Founded| February 2017; 8 years ago (2017-02)
Ideology| Modern Monetary Theory
Social democracy
Political position| Centre-left to left-wing
Colours|  Orange and blue
Slogan| Real people, real voices, real choices
Website
www.australianworkersparty.org

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The Australian Workers Party (AWP) is an Australian political party which registered with the Australian Electoral Commission in February 2017.[1] The party was de-registered on 15 June 2021.[2]

AWP was formed in response to the continual expansion of economic neoliberalism pursued and implemented by successive Australian governments. The party holds that Australia's main political parties both follow neoliberal economic philosophies which have led to unacceptable levels of unemployment, underemployment, workforce casualisation, the deterioration of workers rights, worker exploitation, the emergence of the working poor and inefficient policies affecting Australia's workforce.

Whilst progressive in all of its policy areas and clearly standing for the ideals of "social and economic justice",[3] the party retains its focus on the wellbeing of workers and their families, macroeconomics and rejects neoliberal assertions which have become accepted as mainstream. The party subscribes to the economic branch of Modern Monetary Theory and advocates an economy which prioritises full employment. Notably, the party advocates the implementation of a job guarantee among its policy platform.

## Election results

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House of Representatives

Election year  | No. of
overall votes  | % of
overall vote  | No. of
overall seats won  | +/–
2019 | 1,676  | 0.01  |

0 / 150

|  0
Senate
Election year  | No. of
overall votes  | % of
overall vote  | No. of
seats won  | +/–
2019 | 28,381  | 0.19  |

0 / 40

|  0

## References

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1. ^ "Current register of political parties". Australian Electoral Commission.
2. ^ "Notice of deregistration Australian Workers Party" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
3. ^ Mamo, Erin (14 August 2017). "New party has strong local flavour". Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

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