The Public Education Party is a minor political party in New South Wales. It was registered in early 2014 under the name Voluntary Euthanasia Party as the NSW branch of the federal party of the same name . It advocated for legislative change to allow voluntary euthanasia in New South Wales.
18-800: In 2019, the New South Wales branch voted to become the branch of the Reason Party . In late 2022, the NSW branch of Reason merged with the Fairer Education Party to become the Public Education Party. The party began its existence as the New South Wales branch of the Voluntary Euthanasia Party (VEP). The VEP was founded in 2013 to bring attention to the need for voluntary assisted dying law reform and to bring together advocates from
36-486: A brain tumour in 2012. The VEP received 40,710 votes (0.94% of votes). The VEP stood sixteen candidates for the New South Wales Legislative Council in the 2019 New South Wales state election on 23 March 2019. Shayne Higson resumed her role as lead candidate. The VEP received 46,971 votes (1.06% of votes). Higson finished in 26th place out of 364 candidates; seats were awarded to those who finished in
54-625: A marathon legislative session, the bill became law on a conscience vote. In 2017, Patten renewed calls for a pilot program of a safe injecting room in North Richmond, in response to a large increase of Victorian drug-related deaths in the last several years. In the first session for the Legislative Council of the year, she introduced the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pilot Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2017. At
72-477: The 2014 Victorian state election . It registered with the Australian Electoral Commission for federal elections on 20 August 2014 and voluntarily deregistered on 5 September 2017. The party used the slogan I Cycle, I Vote , and aimed to raise awareness of cycling-related issues. The party's founder was Omar Khalifa, a former CEO of Bicycle New South Wales. Khalifa was the lead candidate in
90-580: The 2019 Australian federal election , rather they focused on canvasing the views of major candidates in key electorates. The federal party voluntarily de-registered in March 2021. The VEP stood sixteen candidates for the New South Wales Legislative Council in the 2015 New South Wales state election on 28 March 2015. The lead candidate was Shayne Higson. Higson began advocating for voluntary assisted dying legislation after her mother died from
108-705: The VEC , and Druery is now subject to an ongoing police investigation over this complaint. Australian Cyclists Party The Australian Cyclists Party was a minor political party in Australia. It was registered with the New South Wales Electoral Commission in 2014, and unsuccessfully contested the 2015 New South Wales state election . It was also registered later with the Victorian Electoral Commission , and unsuccessfully contested
126-654: The Victorian Legislative Council as at the 2018 state election in the Northern Metropolitan Region , after formerly being elected as a Sex Party member for the same seat in 2014 . However, she lost re-election in 2022 . Reason was registered at the state level in Victoria and New South Wales, as well as with the Australian Electoral Commission at the federal level. The party was disbanded in March 2024. In August 2017, Fiona Patten announced
144-645: The Dying with Dignity and Exit International movements. The immediate goal of the VEP was to make voluntary euthanasia a central issue at the September 2013 Federal election. The New South Wales VEP nominated two candidates for the Senate at the 2013 Australian federal election and two candidates for the Senate at the 2016 Australian federal election . The VEP did not run any candidates in
162-527: The Registered Officer but was eventually replaced in this role by Glen Stelzer, who stood as the party's candidate for Balmain in 2023. Reason Party (Australia) Reason Australia , commonly referred to as the Reason Party or as simply Reason , was an Australian political party . Its leader, Fiona Patten , described the party as a " civil libertarian alternative". Patten was elected to
180-408: The group of 15 candidates (this many are required to get a box "above the line") at the 2015 New South Wales state election in the New South Wales Legislative Council , coming third-last of all parties with just 0.43 percent of the vote. The party also fielded candidates in six lower house electorates. The Australian Cyclists Party fielded nine senate candidates and two candidates for seats in
198-598: The launch of a new political party called Reason Australia, in part born from a merger of the Australian Sex Party and the Australian Cyclists Party . In January 2018, the Victorian Electoral Commission officially changed the party's name from "Australian Sex Party – Victoria" to "Reason Victoria". In May 2018, the party applied to the AEC for registration for federal elections as "Reason Australia", which
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#1732898979603216-523: The lead-up to the 2018 state election , Fiona Patten had a falling out with Glenn Druery due to his new conflict of interest as chief-of-staff to Federal Senator, Derryn Hinch , who was running candidates in the election and receiving favourable preferences due to Druery's private business dealings as the "preference whisperer". She claimed that he demanded that the Reason Party pay him money, or she would not be re-elected. Patten made an official complaint to
234-601: The party stood candidates in all regions of the Victorian Legislative Council after 2017. In 2018 the party succeeded in re-electing Fiona Patten to the Northern Metropolitan Region . *Chipp was endorsed by the party, but the party was not registered with the VEC at the time, as they were in the process of changing their name. The party has had some involvement in Glenn Druery 's Minor Party Alliance . However, in
252-415: The time there were regular overdoses in the streets of Richmond, and that number has been reduced significantly since the centre was opened, with various estimates about the number of lives saved due to the opening of the centre. The party's policies include: In regards to cannabis the party supports the following: In addition to fielding candidates in a number of Victorian Legislative Assembly seats,
270-455: The top 21 places. In December 2019, the VEP's NSW branch voted overwhelmingly to become the NSW branch of the Reason Party , on the grounds that being a single issue political party was a liability, and the Reason party were established supporters of voluntary euthanasia. Reason party leader Fiona Patten also stated the merger made sense for Reason as they did not have a branch in NSW, where VEP
288-558: Was approved on 30 August 2018. In December 2019, the NSW branch of the Voluntary Euthanasia Party merged with the Reason Party, and changed its name to "Reason Party NSW". In December 2020 it was announced that Patten would enter a coalition with independent Mildura MP, Ali Cupper who sits in the Legislative Assembly . Cupper ended the agreement on 13 May 2021. In February 2022, Jane Caro announced that she
306-405: Was standing as a candidate for the party for a New South Wales Australian Senate seat in the 2022 Australian federal election . She was unsuccessful. Patten was not re-elected at the 2022 Victorian state election , leaving Reason with no elected representatives. The party's main goal should they be elected was to establish voluntary assisted dying laws for Victoria. After a long process and
324-509: Was well established. In February 2022, Jane Caro announced that she was standing as a candidate for the party for a New South Wales Australian Senate seat in the 2022 Australian federal election . Caro was unsuccessful. In 2022, the NSW branch of Reason merged with the unregistered Fairer Education Party, going under the name of the Public Education Party. The party applied to change its name in December 2022. Shayne Higson initially remained as
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