NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS PARTY (EQUAL PARENTING)

 

A.  History of the Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)

 

The Non-Custodial Parents Party (NCPP) was originally formed in Australia in 1998. This was by Andrew Thompson and other concerned citizens. Andrew is the Founding and the current Party Secretary of the Party.

 

There was (and still is) a concern at the unnecessarily high level of Government intervention into the lives of ordinary Australian citizens. This is particularly with respect to Family Law and Child Support issues.

 

Our Party was originally registered at both the NSW State level and at the Federal level. The NCPP ran twenty-two (22) candidates in the NSW State Election of 1999. This included twenty (20) candidates in the Lower House and two (2) candidates in the Upper House.

 

The issues that affect us are primarily caused by Commonwealth legislation, in the first instance. As a result, our State registration was subsequently allowed to lapse. This is so that we could concentrate our efforts on Federal Elections.

 

In the 2001 Federal Election, we had two (2) Senate candidates and six (6) House of Representatives candidates. The seats contested were Bennelong, Eden-Monaro, Lindsay, Macarthur, Parramatta and Richmond. All candidates were based in NSW.

 

In 2003, we contested the by-election for the then vacant Federal seat of Cunningham (near Wollongong). The seat was formed in 1949 and had been continually held by the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Our preferences were directed away from the ALP. We contributed in a small way to the ALP not winning the by-election (Cunningham subsequently reverted back to the ALP at the next General Election held in 2004).

 

In the 2004 Federal Election, we had eight (8) Senate candidates and two (2) House of Representatives candidates. The States contested were New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. The two (2) House of Representatives seats contested were Cunningham and Parramatta.

 

In 2007, we made a small change to the name of our Party. It was changed from the Non-Custodial Parents Party to the Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting).

 

We are currently registered under that name with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

 

B.  Allocation (recommended) of Your Voting Preferences

 

Your preferences are important. It is crucial to let both major Political Parties know that family law and child support reform are important issues.

 

The Political Party that holds Government will invariably determine which legislation passes through Parliament. (The last non-Government Private Member’s Bill to pass through Parliament was in 1990 i.e. seventeen (17) years ago. That particular Bill banned cigarette advertising in the print media. The Australian Democrat Senator Powell sponsored that Bill. At the same time, the Bill was also supported by the then Government).

 

The reality is that only either the Liberal-National Coalition or the Australian Labor Party will form the next Government and therefore be in a position to change the current legislation. However neither major Political Party have indicated that they will support the necessary family law and child support reform.

 

Therefore, a strong vote for our Party will signal to both major Political Parties that there is a need to change their policies in that regard.

 

In Federal Elections, voters have to number all squares. Otherwise the vote is declared informal.

 

Therefore, we would recommend to you the following sequence of preferences. This is to be followed when you vote.

 

a.        Vote [1] for the Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting).

 

b.       Then vote [2], [3], [4], etc., to the political parties that do tend to support our policies viz. Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group), Family First Party, One Nation Party, Pauline’s United Australia Party and various other small political parties and independents.

 

c.       Then vote for the Liberal Party of Australia, the Nationals and the Australian Labor Party.

 

d.       Finally then vote for the minor political parties that do not tend to support our policies viz. The Australian Democrats, the Australian Greens (the “Greens”), Socialist Alliance, etc

 

Our Contact Details are:

 

Andrew Thompson

Party Secretary

Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)

PO Box 97

DOUGLAS PARK  NSW  2569

 

Telephone: 02 4630 9072

Mobile:      0408 645 511

Fax:           02 4630 8300

 

Email Address: ncpp@xisle.info

 

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