Deletion of Vern Hughes (2nd nomination)

Comment: I don't necessarily see the problem with starting this AfD since the closer specifically suggested that, but I still think the article should be kept. There is a very great deal of mischaracterisation of the previous arguments in the nomination. To begin with, the nominator has misinterpreted  quite severely. The relevant passage says this: ''Leaders of registered political parties at the national or major sub-national (state, province, prefecture, etc.) level are usually considered notable regardless of that party's degree of electoral success.'' People Power quite clearly qualifies as a (former) registered political party at both federal and state level (they never contested a federal election so I'd acknowledge that being somewhat dodgy, although they ''were'' registered; however, they certainly did contest a state election, and with quite a bit of fanfare too). Secondly, there were substantially more than three independent sources offered. The three being referred to were supplementary sources used to bolster the case (Latham, and two well-regarded scholarly textbooks, one of which included a quote from Hughes as a chapter intro and the other of which described him as "an important figure in the disability sector"). The coverage of his involvement with People Power, including in the Age, the Australian and Crikey, was presented as the primary evidence. All of this is linked in the previous discussion. Clearly this contradicts the attempt above to imply that there is no independent significant coverage. Lastly, the nominator might have liked to acknowledge a potential COI as someone who knows the subject personally
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:POLOUTCOMES)

Comment: I just reviewed the article.  He has been mentioned in major news outlets and in the book of another politician.  Doesn't seem to be huge deal but meets  as far as I can see
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NOTABILITY)