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| Abbreviation | UAP |
| Leader | Ralph Babet[1] |
| Chairman | Clive Palmer |
| National Director | Vacant |
| Founded | April 2013 (as Palmer United Party) |
| Headquarters | 240 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Youth wing | Young United Australia Party[2] |
| Membership (2022) | 80,000+ (disputed)[3][4][5] |
| Ideology | Conservatism Australian nationalism Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right[8] |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Slogan | "Make Australia Great" |
| Anthem | "The UAP Anthem"[9] |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 151 |
| Senate | 1 / 76 |
| Rural City of Swan Hill | 1 / 8 |
| Shire of Murray | 1 / 6 |
| Shire of Strathbogie | 1 / 7 |
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The United Australia Party (UAP), formerly known as Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and the Palmer United Party (PUP), is an Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013. The party was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2017, revived and re-registered in 2018, and voluntarily deregistered in 2022 (but remains registered in Victoria).[10] The party fielded candidates in all 150 House of Representatives seats at the 2013 federal election. Palmer, the party's leader, was elected to the Division of Fairfax and it reached a peak of three senators following the rerun of the Western Australian senate election in 2014. When the party was revived under its original name in 2018, it was represented by ex-One Nation senator Brian Burston in the federal parliament.[11][12]
At state and territory level, the party has been represented in the Parliaments of Queensland and the Northern Territory. Two members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly joined in April 2013, while three members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, joined the party in April 2014. Both the Queensland members and the NT members left the party later in 2014.[13][14] The party unsuccessfully contested the South Australian, Tasmanian, and Victorian state elections in 2014. Since the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the party has supported anti-lockdown politics.
On 23 August 2021, independent MP Craig Kelly joined the party, becoming its first representative in the lower house since Palmer's retirement in 2016. Kelly became the leader of the party, with Palmer acting as the party's chairman.[15] The UAP announced a preference deal with the Liberal Democrats for the 2022 federal election, where each party encouraged its supporters to choose the other as their second preference.[16] Candidates were endorsed to run in every lower house seat in the May 2022 federal election as well as the senate and Ralph Babet was elected as a senator for Victoria at that election.
- ^ "Under my leadership the United Australia Party will never stop advocating for Australia". Twitter. Senator Babet. 19 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Clive Palmer's United Australia Party" (PDF). p. 36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Doubts raised about UAP's 80,000 membership amid complaints over unsolicited emails". The Guardian. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Tessa was signed up as a member of the United Australia Party without her knowledge, and she's not alone". ABC News. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Clive Palmer and Craig Kelly's United Australia Party now nation's biggest". The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Murphy, Katharine (May 2019). "The Coalition is normalising the far right with its pursuit of One Nation and Palmer". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Sydney, Bernard Lagan. "'Australia's Trump' Clive Palmer puts millions into far-right election campaign". Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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- ^ "UAP Anthem". Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Currently registered parties". Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ Gribbin, Caitlyn (18 June 2018). "Brian Burston joins Clive Palmer's United Australia Party as Senate leader". ABC News. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Senator Brian Burston". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Carl Judge quits PUP: Palmer United Party's only Queensland MP resigns to become independent – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Archived 8 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Abc.net.au. Retrieved on 5 May 2015.
- ^ PM – PUP defiant despite defection of NT politician 09/09/2014 Archived 13 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Abc.net.au (25 November 2009). Retrieved on 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Craig Kelly appointed leader of the United Australia Party". United Australia Party. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Hall, James (23 November 2021). "UAP leader Clive Palmer and Liberal Democrat Campbell Newman announce preference deal". The Australian. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2021.