Ban Fracking Fix Crime Protect Water, formerly the 1 Territory Party, is a registered political party in Australia's

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...

. It was registered with the

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on 18 November 2015. The party's founder is Braedon Earley, a former president of the

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

(CLP), and more recently a member of the

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. Another former CLP president, Sue Fraser-Adams, is also a member. Earley announced his intention to establish a new party in June 2015, although its name was not announced until later. It described its ideology as "straight down the middle." The party required its members to undergo psychological and drug testing before being allowed to run, and adhere to a strict code of conduct. Earley said that anyone who turned into "a hubris idiot" would be expelled in short order. The party's first announced policy was to implement a ban on

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(fracking). At the 2016 Northern Territory election, 1 Territory ran candidates in thirteen out of the 25 Legislative Assembly seats, with only the CLP and the Labor Party running more candidates. Prior to the election, it was suggested that 1 Territory would primarily attract disaffected CLP voters.Rolf Gerritsen
"State of the states: how local politics in the Northern Territory could muddy the federal vote"
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'', 17 June 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016. The party won 3.6% of the vote, and no seats in the assembly.

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