Overview
- The Australian Electoral Commission has told the White Australia Party that its application is preliminarily invalid because it does not contain required elements for verification.
- The AEC flagged that the party redacted member names on its application, which the commission must be able to contact to confirm membership for registration.
- Electoral law prevents the AEC from making a final decision while election writs are outstanding, so a formal determination will wait until the Farrer by‑election writ is returned, no later than July 10.
- Leader Thomas Sewell has lodged a High Court constitutional challenge seeking to overturn the new laws that designate the group as a prohibited hate organisation and has sought interim relief to block enforcement.
- Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke designated the group under post‑Bondi Beach laws that make it a crime to join, fund or support the organisation, and Sewell continues to face separate criminal charges from an alleged Camp Sovereignty attack.