Australian Sex Party

The party was briefly federally deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 5 May 2015, after an audit found that it could not demonstrate that it met the statutory requirement of 500 members but was re-registered in July.

[9][10] The Australian Sex Party's policy platform has been described as libertarian and supporting equality, social justice, civil liberties and freedom of choice.

[6] It is opposed to mandatory internet censorship and supports the introduction of a national media classification scheme, including a rating for non-violent sexual content.

[11] However, although this said decriminalisation, or more specifically the removal of criminal sanction, is of interest to the party, they do recommend that this is dealt with by referring one found with illicit drugs to a corresponding treatment centre.

In a 2016 response to the Australian Vaccination-Skeptics Network's Meryl Dorey, the Sex Party stated:[14] "Choosing not to vaccinate your children amounts to medical neglect; this is a serious ethical issue".

[15] The party contested elections for the first time at the Higgins[16] and Bradfield[17] by-elections in November 2009, gaining over three percent of the primary vote in both seats, coming fourth of ten, and third of twenty-two candidates, respectively.

The party stood candidates in 5 electorates for the Northern Territory elections, 2012 The party stood candidates in 3 regions at the ACT elections, 2016 In 2015, Patten put forth a Private Member's Bill calling for a 150-metre (490 ft) "Safe Access Zone" around hospitals, GP clinics and health services that perform abortions, where it will be an offence to engage in behaviour that harasses or intimidates women seeking to access an abortion.