Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party

The Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party (AFLP) was a minor Australian political party, formed in 2006 from the Queensland branch of the Fishing Party and federally registered in 2007. It opposes any bans on recreational fishing, the use of four-wheel drives, horse riding, trail bikes, camping and kayaking, and generally opposes conservation measures which it sees as threatening to recreation. The party's website indicates particular opposition to the Greens.[1] It contested the Senate in the 2007 election in Queensland and South Australia, and on a joint ticket with the Shooters Party in New South Wales.

Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party
Founded2006
Registered2007
Dissolved8 December 2014
Split fromFishing Party
Website
http://aflp.org.au/

The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.[2][3] Druery has also received regular payments from the Fishing and Lifestyle Party.[4][5]

The party was voluntary deregistered on 8 December 2014.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party official website
  2. ^ Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Senate voting inquiry prompted by Glenn Druery's election tactics could put end to preference trading: ABC 31 March 2014
  5. ^ Promoting people power or gaming the system? Meet 'the preference whisperer': ABC 31 March 2014
  6. ^ "Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party".