Like Canberra was a political party registered for the 2016 Australian Capital Territory election. It was formally registered on 28 June 2016.[1] It fielded two candidates in each of the five electorates.[2]
Like Canberra | |
|---|---|
| Convenor | Tim Bohm |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Website | |
| http://www.likecanberra.com/ | |
The party's views included support for a bullet train between Canberra and Sydney, an Independent Commission Against Corruption, waiving one parking fine per year, increased wages for nurses, childcare workers and teachers, and marriage equality. They initially opposed the Canberra's light rail project, labelling it a "trojan horse" for developers along Northbourne Avenue; they now state "it is going to happen", and support an investigation of the process and scrutiny of the ongoing rollout.[3][4][5]
The Like Canberra party had overlapping membership and goals with the federally-registered Bullet Train for Australia party, which had grown from a party named Bullet Train for Canberra in the 2012 ACT election, the Canberra party having been deregistered on 13 August 2013.[1] Both Bullet Train for Australia and Like Canberra were headed by Tim Bohm; however, they are not officially related. The relationship between the parties is disputed, with three disgruntled Bullet Train for Australia members raising concerns about the party's endorsement of Like Canberra, party expenditure on the Like Canberra campaign, and a lack of consultation around the intersection between the parties.[6]
The Like Canberra party was deregistered in 2018.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Official political party register". Elections ACT. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "List of Candidates". Elections ACT. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "ACT Election 2016: What the minor parties are promising". Canberra Times. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Three new political parties to contest ACT election: Vote Canberra, Like Canberra and Sustainable Australia". Canberra Times. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Policies". Like Canberra. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Knaus, Christopher (12 October 2016). "Damaging in-fighting hits Bullet Train for Australia parties ahead of ACT election". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Canberra Times: "Like Canberra deregistered as political party in the ACT", 24 April 2018". 28 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.