Bullet Train for Australia, formerly known as Bullet Train for Canberra, was an Australian political party, registered from 2013 to 2017. It was a

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party campaigning for a fast implementation of

high-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated railway track, tracks. While there is ...

. It advocated that the first stage of the bullet train should run from

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

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via

Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's list of cities in Australia, largest in ...

and

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, and be built within 5 years.Gray, Darren
"Validating her ticket aimed at biting the bullet on railways"
in ''

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'', 3 September 2013 The party first contested the 2012 ACT election, gaining around 9,000 votes, representing 4% of first preference votes. The party was renamed to Bullet Train For Australia in 2013 and had 18 candidates in the federal election that year, in the ACT,

NSW New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. T ...

and

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

. The party was involved in

Glenn Druery Glenn William Druery is an Australian political strategist, electoral campaigner and ultra-distance cyclist. He has played a leading role in the electoral success of various micro and minor parties in Australia since the mid-1990s. He acquired ...

Minor Party Alliance The Minor Party Alliance (MPA), also known simply as the Alliance, is an alliance of small Australian political parties, currently active in Victorian state politics. It was created by Glenn Druery's "Independent Liaison" business, which assist ...

(MPA) and the

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. The party fielded four candidates for seats in the

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in the ACT, NSW and Victoria in the 2016 federal election. On 23 May 2017, the Australian Electoral Commission approved the party's application for voluntary deregistration.

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Defunct political parties in Australia Political parties established in 2012 Political parties disestablished in 2017 2012 establishments in Australia 2017 disestablishments in Australia Single-issue political parties in Australia High-speed rail in Australia {{Australia-party-stub

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