[1] The party's primary platform is secessionism of Western Australia from the Federation.

[2] In the 2017 Western Australian election, the Micro Business Party fielded 46 candidates in the Legislative Assembly (out of 59 electorates)[3] and 14 candidates across the six regions for the Legislative Council.

[4][5] The party changed its name to Small Business Party at its May 2018 annual general meeting and the new name was officially recognised by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in October 2018.

[6][1] In 2021, the Small Business Party became the WAxit Party,[7] with the "objective ... to improve the fortunes of [Western Australians] by achieving autonomy and independence through secession from the Federation.

"[8] The WAxit party failed to achieve representation in either of Western Australia's two houses, gaining 7,979 first preference votes in the Legislative Assembly, and 4,326 in the Legislative Council.