[1] EFN-Australia referred to itself as a not-for-profit environmental association, registered as a political party.
[3] The party focused on environmental policies including the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol[3] and an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
A small-l liberal approach to social policy was stated, with their website condemning the treatment of Australian terrorism suspect David Hicks.
Despite the CCE favouring the coalition on economic issues, 56 percent of their preferences went to the Labor Party.
Simon Blake, who had contested the seat of Gilmore on behalf of the party at the 2007 election, was one such resignation.