The party said its aim was to improve standards of living and rights for all Australians through commonsense policies.

[3] The party was de-registered in November 2021 by the Australian Electoral Commission for not having 500 members.

[4] In 2019 the Australian People's Party fielded 2 senate candidates for New South Wales.

The party ran candidates in all five of the federal by-elections occurring on 28 July 2018, putting the Australian Labor Party last on their how-to-vote cards in each seat except for Mayo where previous incumbent Centre Alliance's Rebekha Sharkie was placed last.

[6] All six candidates received the lowest number of first preference votes in their respective by-elections.