That's a question we get a lot and the honest answer is "Pretty good". It's a sad fact that most Indigenous parties in Australia haven't lasted longer than two elections. We're determined to be different. As Uncle Owen Whyman, founder and Convenor of the IAPA, says, "We're here to stay; we're not going anywhere." So there may be times when volunteer labour and money is in short supply and we have to contract a little to survive, but survive, then flourish, we will.
Scroll to the very end for 'From deserts  Prophets Come', covering the early history of the IAPA.

In October last year, as required by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) to continue our federal registration, we again proved to their satisfaction that we have at least 1500 members. This process is required once between each election for 'Non - Parliamentary parties'; that is, parties who have not had a member elected yet or been formed around an existing member or had an elected member defect to them. Unfortunately until the IAPA becomes a 'Parliamentary party' we will have to impose on our patient loyal members to have a selection of them submitted for AEC 'membership testing'. The AEC uses a randomised statistical procedure so only a sample of the members we submit are contacted by the AEC. Thank you so much for all the members who were willing to be contacted and especially those who replied positively. An extra thanks to those who kept us in the loop by CCing us in on your reply.

Like the NSW Koori Knockout and the Qld Murri Carnival, the Murri V Koori Interstate Challenge is a great place to spread the word about the IAPA with players and supporters coming from all over Qld and NSW. This is especially useful for Senate candidates who have to cover the whole state.

Lionel and Di love their rugby League and especially the Indigenous players so they don't mind mixing 'business' with pleasure. Lionel is also related to Gordon Tallis and some other Broncos so he likes to keep up with what they are up to.