Re-registration of the ​Companions and Pets Party

Thursday 21 November 2024

For immediate release

The Companions and Pets Party was re-registered as a political party under Victorian electoral law today.

As required by section 58A of the Electoral Act 2002, the party applied for re-registration on Thursday 24 October.

To be registered, a party must have at least 500 eligible members on the Victorian electoral roll. The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) confirmed this by contacting members whose names were provided by the Companions and Pets Party.

As a registered political party, the Companions and Pets Party will continue to:

  • have the party’s name printed next to its endorsed candidates’ names on state election ballot papers
  • be able to nominate all its candidates centrally with the VEC instead of with individual election managers
  • be entitled to public funding based on the number of votes it receives at a state election
  • be entitled to access enrolment information, not including phone numbers or email addresses, which it can use for permitted purposes.