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The HEART Party (Health, Environment, Accountability, Rights, Transparency) is an
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/National Coalition. Federally, 16 of the 151 members of the lower house ( ...
. It was founded in August 2023 as a result of a merger of the Health Australia Party (HAP) and Informed Medical Options Party (IMOP). The party announced its formation in a
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video, with both HAP and IMOP saying the decision to merge was made due to their similar policies. However, HAP withdrew from HEART on 10 October, a week after it was registered with the
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. The "HEART" acronym was first used by IMOP at the
2023 New South Wales state election The 2023 New South Wales state election will be held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election will be ...
. HEART was deregistered by the
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on 25 January 2024.


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