April 2018 Election

The April 2018 Federal Election and Victorian was held on the 7th of April 2018, the first for the country and the only election to be nullified.

The major issue of the election was Western Australian secession, driven by demands from the Dominion League.

Campaign
The April campaign was characterised by serious political upheaval and the rise of radical ideologies. The Dominion Party campaign culminated in the Bsharri Riots, a day of violence on the eve of the election.

Victoria
The Victorian campaign unusually centered around its state house rather than the Federal Seats. Despite a three horse race for Batman, the Platformist Party devoted significant resources to winning the Premiership, bringing the state election into prominence. Battle lines were drawn around the issue of privatization, with the Labor Party and Greens supporting Platformist calls for renationalisation, despite Liberal opposition.

Northern Territory
In the NT electorate of Lingiari, the left-wing Platformist Party nominated S.W.R, while the Liberal Party nominated their leader, Toby, for the seat. In an unusually energetic campaign, Toby and S.W.R frequently engaged in debates.

S.W.R focused mainly on Platformist orthodoxy, pushing for drug legalisation and transforming the NT's economy along cooperative lines.

Toby provided a list of specific policies, encouraging the electorate to hold him accountable to his promises. The policies were as follows:
 * $10 million to Tourism in Kakadu, Darwin and other Indigenous Cultural Sites
 * To fix mobile phone black spots
 * To invest $20 million into the RAAF Base in Darwin, and to make it a key employer in the region. Further, anyone who is unemployed would be offered training so long as they dedicated 2 years service after their competition of their course.
 * To allocate more National Park within the NT
 * To bail out a variety of mines in the NT, and to help stimulate the market to boost mining jobs in the region, which will become a major industry in the future.
 * To upgrade Darwin Hospital to include a research unit, which will bring skilled jobs and more business to the capital
 * General economic, social and justice stability, along with more sport in schools, easier pathways into re-education and support for local jobs.

Polling
According to Youmaton, the ABC's Election Analyst, the election is likely to resolve in a hung parliament. They say that whilst Labor did get a head start by having 2 uncontested electorates, in Canberra and Adelaide, the recent surge in votes and membership of the Platformist Party can not be underestimated, and thus must be brought attention to.

The ABC is currently running a poll.

Nullification
Main Article - April Revolution

When it was revealed that General Ewan McGregor had rigged the election, forcing a Labor Majority government and preventing a Platformist victory in Victoria and Lingiari, the results were declared void and preparation began for a new election.