WikiLeaks Party

WikiLeaks Party
ChairmanJulian Assange
Founded2 July 2013
Dissolved23 July 2015
HeadquartersVictoria, Australia
Membership (2013)2,010[1]
IdeologyLeft-libertarianism[2]
Colours  Blue
Website
wikileaksparty.org.au

The WikiLeaks Party was a minor libertarian political party in Australia between 2013 and 2015.[3][4][5] The party was created in part to support Julian Assange's failed bid for a Senate seat in Australia in the 2013 election. The party won 0.62% of the national vote.[5][6] At the time Assange was seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The WikiLeaks Party national council included Assange, Matt Watt, Gail Malone, Assange's biological father John Shipton, Omar Todd and Gerry Georgatos.[7]

The party was heavily criticised for meeting with President Bashar al-Assad during a trip to Syria[8][9] and experienced internal dissent over its governance and electoral tactics and was deregistered due to low membership numbers in 2015.[10][11]

  1. ^ Chan, Gabrielle (13 August 2013). "Wikileaks hopes to turn international interest into extra cashc". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ Fenster, Mark (18 July 2017). The Transparency Fix: Secrets, Leaks, and Uncontrollable Government Information. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-0267-0.
  3. ^ "The Wikileaks Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ Owens, Jared (14 March 2014). "Julian Assange wants full control of Wikileaks Party, says party figure". The Australian. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b Khazan, Olga. "Julian Assange wants to start a Wikileaks party and run for office". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Guardian 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Wikileaks Party National Council". WikiLeaks Party. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  8. ^ Box, Dan; Owens, Jared (3 January 2014). "WikiLeaks Party 'risked being used by Syria'". The Australian.
  9. ^ Owens, Jared (2 January 2014). "Abbott blasts WikiLeaks Party for meeting Assad". The Australian.
  10. ^ Reilly, Claire (23 July 2015). "WikiLeaks Party deregistered, says AEC review uses 'old' technology". CNET. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  11. ^ Owens, Jared (14 March 2014). "Julian Assange wants full control of WikiLeaks Party, says party figure". The Australian. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2021.