Mutual Party

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The Mutual Party (previously the Bank Reform Party) is a de-registered minor political party in Australia.[http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/mutual.htm Deregistered/renamed political parties: AEC]

The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/bitter-dispute-erupts-over-senate-preferences-in-queensland/4939300 Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013][http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/special-features/alliance-of-micro-parties-boosts-odds-for-likes-of-one-nation-or-shooters-and-fishers-gaining-senate-spot-through-preferences/story-fnho52jp-1226713114765 Alliance of micro parties boosts odds for likes of One Nation or Shooters and Fishers gaining Senate spot through preferences: Daily Telegraph 5 September 2013]

The party's lead candidate for the Senate in Western Australia at the 2014 special election was Anthony Fels, who has been a Liberal (and later independent) member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and an independent and Katter's Australian Party Senate candidate at the 2010 and 2013 federal elections, respectively.Rex Drabik (1 April 2014). [http://www.esperanceexpress.com.au/story/2189273/senate-candidate-focuses-on-housing-crisis/ "Senate candidate focuses on housing crisis"] – The Esperance Express. Retrieved 11 April 2014.[http://www.mutualparty.com.au/wa WA: Group M for Mutual in the WA Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142326/http://www.mutualparty.com.au/wa |date=13 April 2014 }} – The Mutual Party. Retrieved 11 April 2014.

In March 2015, the Australian Progressive Party (not to be confused with the similarly named Australian Progressives) announced that it had absorbed the Mutual Party after they agreed to join forces.{{cite web | title =Media Release: Mutual Party joins forces with Australian Progressive Party | website =Australian Progressive Party | date =13 March 2015 | url =http://www.progressives.org.au/mutual_party_joins_app | access-date =2 August 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170310130102/http://www.progressives.org.au/mutual_party_joins_app | archive-date =10 March 2017 | url-status =dead }}

The Mutual Party was deregistered in April 2015, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.{{cite web | title =Deregistered parties - Mutual Party | website =Australian Electoral Commission | date =17 April 2015 | url =http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/mutual.htm | access-date =2 August 2015}}