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UPF fails to register in time to run

Far-right group the United Patriots Front (UPF) has failed to meet the deadline to register as a political party, making it ineligible to run in the federal election.

The group which bills itself as 'Australia's first patriotic street movement' had said it planned to run candidates for its political party 'Fortitude'.

The deadline to register parties to appear on ballot papers was May 16, when election writs were issued.

'Fortitude', which shares a name with the aborted Border Force operation to carry out spot checks of visas, does not appear on the Australian Electoral Commission's list of registered parties.

Electoral rules mean it is now too late for the political party to field candidates.

Despite sharing the same anti-Islamic platform, the UPF split from the Reclaim Australian movement in May 2015.

The group is heavily involved in anti-mosque and anti-Islamic protests like those seen in Bendigo and Coburg in Victoria.

UPF is known for stoking controversy and has staged stunts such as mock beheadings and delivering Christmas trees to mosques.

The group has links to the neo-Nazi movement, with chairman Blair Cotterell airing anti-Jewish, anti-woman and pro-Nazi views on social media, even calling for Mein Kampf to be compulsory learning in Australian schools.