Strategy

Objective

To form The Riverina into a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Strategy

1) Register a party named The Riverina State for Federal, NSW, and Victorian elections.

Party registration will enable the name The Riverina State to be printed on all electoral ballots in the electorates where the Party stands candidates. This can be expected to be approximately 500,000 ballots. This, along with associated media interest, is unsurpassable advertizing and promotion of State formation.

2) Stand candidates in Federal, NSW and Victorian elections.

Standing Riverina State candidates will enable supporters to express their support for State formation with their vote. It is possible that candidates will be elected to the relevant parliament.

3) Use the votes gained to a) certify the popularity of State formation. b) identify the amount of support in various areas. c) display the popularity of State formation, and cause possibly all candidates in future elections to include State formation in their policies. d) eventually leverage up to a referendum on State formation. This referendum will be of the people in the proposed State (not Sydney or Melbourne). This will be successful because of both popularity and because it won’t be held until it is certain to succeed.

Read about the previous 1967 New England State referendum HERE

4) Use this successful referendum as justification for the NSW and Victorian Parliaments to consent to this formation as provided for in the Australian Constitution. READ HERE.

5) The Riverina State is formed.

Party Registration Requirements

          Federal: A minimum of 1,500 members on the electoral role from anywhere in Australia are required. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will confirm members by matching the information submitted in the party application with AEC records. A maximum of 1,650 members can be submitted.

          NSW: A minimum of 750 members on the electoral role from NSW. A NSW Electoral Commission Declaration of Party Membership signed by each member must accompany the party application. Registration must be complete at least one year before the next election.

          Victoria: A minimum of 500 members on the electoral role from Victoria. Apon receipt of the party application, the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) will post a declaration of party membership to all members included in the application. Members must complete this and return it to the VEC to be included in the necessary 500 members. If the application fails for any reason e.g. only 499 members return their declaration, re-application cannot be made for six months.

Progress

As the next election is in Victoria, Victorian registration is being concentrated on. The main activity is adding Victoria members. This is to ensure that when the registration application is submitted ample members will return their declaration of party memberships. As at 11/6/25 there are 625 Victorian members, but it is possible that any number of these, for whatever reason, might not return their declarations. While there is still time to do so, additional Victorian members are being added to ensure that even if some members do not return these forms, ample members still will.

An additional consideration and benefit is that these new Victorian members will also be included in the Federal party registration total. The AEC recommends that the party registration application includes at least 1,600 members to allow for some members being ineligible, so still be expected to achieve the minimum 1,500. Therefore both Victorian and Federal registration will be assisted by adding new Victorian members.

NSW registration will be pursued after Victorian, and probably concurrent Federal registration, is completed. In the short term, NSW members are being requested to complete the Declaration of Party Membership linked HERE. Members were not asked to complete this originally as Federal registration was the primary objective, and this form is not a Federal registration requirement, and was also not known of, and so was not sought.

Conclusion

If readers can assist by inviting family and friends to join the group, of by contributing financially, or by suggesting ideas, this will be appreciated.

David Landini.

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