The party missed out on registration for the 2010 federal election by several days, but leader William Bourke ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in New South Wales on an independent ticket with poet Mark O'Connor.

[6] On 19 January 2016, the AEC approved a further name change to "#Sustainable Australia" (including a hash symbol).

[12] Timothy Lawrence was the candidate for Australian Stable Population Party in the 2014 Griffith by-election, arising from the resignation of Kevin Rudd.

[12] The party endorsed Angela Smith, an environmental scientist and a local candidate, for the 2015 Canning by-election.

In September 2015 the party campaigned on a number of issues including education, paid jobs, infrastructure, health care, renewable energy and housing affordability.

[27] Following this, Hayes also campaigned for a large environmental reserve in Melbourne's west to protect endangered species and ecosystems.

[28] Hayes also spoke strongly in favour of boosting Victoria's legislated renewable energy target, or VRET, to 50 per cent by 2030 in that state parliament's upper house, saying we have been in the middle of a climate crisis for a long term and we need to take action across all sectors from energy to transport, construction and more.