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A number of other prominent former members of the Democrats have joined the APA, including former Queensland Senator John Woodley , who is the party's president, and Elizabeth Kirkby , a former member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
The APA positions itself as a party of the moderate centre, arguing that the Democrats, under the leadership first of Natasha Stott-Despoja and more recently of Andrew Bartlett, have moved too far to the left. She said in a 2003 interview that the party would appeal to "voters who cannot be dragged to the extremes by the Greens in any enduring way. These are the voters who want more choice in the mainstream, who want to be able to make a positive vote rather than just choose the lesser of several evils."
The party's "guiding principles" are described as:
In practice, Lees has acted in the Senate as an independent, co-operating with two other independent Senators, Brian Harradine and Shayne Murphy. These Senators, together with the One Nation Senator Len HarrisLen Harris was the sole One Nation Party representative to ever gain a seat in the Australian Parliament, representing the state of Queensland. He took his Senate seat in 1998, after a succesful constitutional challenge to the election of Heather Hill in, hold the balance of power in the Senate and have been able to bargain with both the major parties on legislation before the Senate.
At the 2004 federal electionLegislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. The conservative Coalition of the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister John Howard, and the National Party of Australia led by Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson, won a fourth three-year te Lees sought re-election to the Australian SenateThe Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. See List of members of the Australian Senate Origins and role The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900 set up the Australian Senate as part of the new syste. Despite her high profile in South Australia, she failed to win back her seat. Nationally, the APA did not poll well and failed to win any other seats. The party is considered likely to dissolve with the end of Lees' term in July 2005.
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