In order to be registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in time for this year’s election, the SMSF Party was required to provide the AEC with a detailed list of 500 members that are enrolled to vote on the Commonwealth electoral roll.
In a public statement, SMSF Party president Grant Abbott stated that, while a list of 526 members was sent to the AEC, the AEC recently informed the party that 27 of the members were not on the electoral roll, meaning the list of members then had to be resubmitted.
While Mr Abbott said that the list was re-submitted immediately, the AEC had not processed the registration by the time the Prime Minister called the election.
The AEC states on its website that it generally takes at least 12 weeks for an application to register a new political party to be completed. It ceases the processing of party registration applications once an election is called.
“We may not have made it in time for the election, but I spoke at the Gold Coast retiree’s election special on 11 April and self-funded retirees have had a gutful of both sides. If the polls are to be believed, looks like we are in for a Labor government who has promised major taxation and superannuation changes,” Mr Abbott said.
“We were probably not quite ready at this time to make a significant dent in the crowd, but by the time of the next election with a potential recession in the offing, maybe a GFC in the wings and all the horrendous policies implemented and having an impact, by this stage the Australian electorate will be ready for another ‘keep the bastards honest’ party.”
Mr Abbott thanked members and other party supporters and party secretary Ashleigh Jaremyn for her work.
“By the time of the next election, another 1.3 million Baby Boomers will have retired, so our membership will continue to swell and grow and become a lot more active,” he said.
will still be a force as our members seek to know where to place their votes. And like any Australian company and political organisation our Privacy Policy ( as any reputable business person would know) does not allow the sharing of databases.
A lot of noise was made about this SMSF party. It seems that Mr Abbott is all bark & no bite
You should read the article. Pretty clear “Mr Abbott” was not the cause. At least they tried. Clearly not you.
Funny that, did not get the party but Grant managed to get nearly 5000 personal contact details for SMSF trustees. Wonder how useful that is to the new businesses he has launched
I registered and have not yet received any inappropriate correspondence in relation to any business Grant has started,
Well “marketing guru”, apart from the fact that sharing databases across entities like this is a breach of privacy laws, you clearly don’t know Grant Abbott. It’s simply not something I believe he or his team would ever engage in, however, if you are prepared to suggest this has occurred, I’m sure you have the evidence to support your allegations?? It’s easy to throw mud from the keyboard and not even having the courage to use your real name.
Sounds very much like an accusation of a breach of privacy laws, I assume you have evidence and proof to support this accusation, or perhaps just another keyboard warrior without the courage to publish their real name?