About The Seniors United Party Of Australia.

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HISTORY

In 2026 the Seniors United Party of Australia (SUPA) is an unregistered political party which promotes, lobbies and advocates for seniors, and also for all Australians. ( We may seek reregistration with the Australian Electoral Commission at some future date.)

The Party is not compromised by outside influences such as financial incentives, or personal gain. Our executive is made up completely of volunteers.

Our membership mainly consists of the more senior Australian citizens with limited incomes. Sadly each year we find that more and more of our members become inactive because of declining health reasons.

The Party was initially formed by members of the community who were concerned by the lack of attention and support given by the major political parties to issues that affected the seniors in our community.

The Party's formation in Sydney in 2015 was partly in a response to the treatment of residents in retirement villages where they knew they were being treated unfairly by village management, often where there was unfair cost shifting from the corporate owners to the unrepresented residents with greater fees. (Similar to the mega cost shifting we see in aged care today!)

The NSW State government held an inquiry into the issue and introduced an ambassador to represent residents when the residents were demanding an ombudsman with legal authority. This was seen as the NSW state government putting the rights of large corporate owners in a private system above the rights of the individual residents who would still not have the legal and financial power to legally challenge those corporate owners in regards to their behaviour. (Similarly today the Federal government is seen putting the profits of private providers in aged care before the needs of the elderly.)

As a result of our involvement with the retirement village issue, we found that there are many more issues of a broad nature that adversely affected seniors.

SUPA has been a registered Federal political party and has stood candidates in Federal Senate elections on several occasions until both major political parties, for their own interest, passed the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill in 2021 to deliberately remove small political parties by deregistering them. They did this by forcing small political parties to increase their membership numbers by 200 percent to be a politically registered party with the Federal Electoral Commission. SUPA was not able to do this in the time required. Also the number of members now required would probably require a paid executive to process the membership. We do not have this type of funding.

As a result, the Federal Electoral Commission deregistered the Seniors United Party of Australia because we failed to submit a document.( ie a membership list which had increased the membership numbers by the 200%) This was a cleaver way for the major parties to hide the true reason in a deceitful way.

At the 2025 Federal elections the Party did not have any political candidates, but it advocated that members and friends support minor political parties in the Senate. A decision which now shows was wise due to the huge negative impact of the Federal Government's New Aged Care Bill has had on aged care and aged care recipients.

The Party is now calling for a proper PUBLIC AGED CARE SYSTEM to truly look after the more elderly.

SUPA is possibly in a stronger position now to do its lobbying and advocacy work because unlike a number of other senior advocacy groups we are not hindered by the restrictions which come with government funding or perhaps funding from the private sector.

AIM OF THE PARTY

The Aim of the Seniors United Party of Australia is to raise the well being of senior Australians, and all other Australians. We also aim to oppose those political, financial and technological actions of others that are detrimental to seniors and which reduce their liberty to make choices and receive services which are most suitable for them.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PARTY

1. To promote, lobby and advocate for the economic, social, political, and fundamental rights including respect of senior citizens.

2. To monitor and lobby organisations and politicians in order to achieve better outcomes for senior citizens and their needs in terms of health, aged care, housing, income and lifestyle.

3. To actively oppose actions and outcomes that may disadvantage, exploit or marginalise senior citizens and to recognise and work to eliminate elder abuse and financial manipulation.

4. To work to provide improved welfare intervention and greater advocacy services for senior citizens in a changing world.

5. To provide support mechanisms for the democratic selection, endorsement and support of sympathetic political candidates and lobbyists, and to guide and support suitable candidates to contest elections for parliamentary representation.

6. To research and promote amendments to legislation which would produce better outcomes for seniors in terms of health, aged care, housing, income, safety, well-being and dignity, and to call for the removal of any legislation or to make amendments to any legislation which is detrimental to seniors and their well being.

7. To advocate change to the Australian constitution, and associated legislation, where it appears to hinder senior Australian from being political candidates.

8. To lobby for adequate funding so that elderly Australians can be cared for in a manner consistent with someone who has been a normal member of the Australian community.

9. To lobby for pensioners and retirees for their incomes to be above the poverty line, adequate for everyday living and to keep pace with inflation.