Flux parties were registered in the
Australian Capital Territory,
Western Australia,
Queensland and
New South Wales. Flux was registered at a federal level from 2016, but it was de-registered in 2022 for failing to meet the increased requirement of 1500 members.
Elections In the
2016 Australian federal election, Flux stood two
senate candidates in every state, and one in the Australian Capital Territory under the name "VOTEFLUX.ORG". The group drew first preference votes of between 0.08% and 0.28% in each state, for a national average of 0.15%. Under the banner of "Flux the System!", Flux nominated 24 candidates for the
2017 Western Australian election - 12 in the
Legislative Council and another 12 in the
Legislative Assembly. They received first preference votes of between 0.31% and 0.88% in each legislative council region, for a state average of 0.44%, One of the candidates included Lewis Freer, a sitting councillor on the
City of Greater Geraldton. The party also controversially ran 26 so-called "fake independents" – candidates who were affiliated with the party but appeared as
independents on the ballot papers. Writing in 2020, ABC election analyst
Antony Green noted that Flux "has attracted negligible support" at elections. Despite having no climate policies of any kind, the party changed its name to "Liberals for Climate - The Flux Network" for the
2021 Western Australian state election. Liberals for Climate, the last registered Flux Party, had their registration cancelled in January 2023. The party's website is no longer online. ==See also==