The Child Protection Party (CPP) is a minor

Australian political party The politics of Australia has a mild two-party system, with two dominant political groupings in the Australian political system, the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party of Australia. Federally, 12 of the 151 members of the lower house ( ...

based and registered in

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. Its platform is based around

child protection Child protection (also called child welfare) is the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, abandonment, and neglect. It involves identifying signs of potential harm. This includes responding to allegations or suspicions ...

. The party unsuccessfully ran 2 upper house candidates at the 2018 state election with around 1.5% of the statewide vote. At the 2019 federal election, the party unsuccessfully contested one electorate. It was deregistered by the AEC on 30 June 2021. Since child protection is a state and not a federal responsibility, the Party did not challenge deregistration. At the

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, the party endorsed

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...

candidate Eric Koelmeyer in the seat of Bundoora, as it is not registered with the

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. Koelmeyer was unsuccessful.

References

External links

Child Protection Party official website
Defunct political parties in South Australia {{Australia-party-stub