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• 2nd half 2012
  A new publishing platform quietly developed under the name Unixmen Australia.
• 1st half 2013
  Unixmen Australia commenced operations.
• 1st half 2013
  Unixmen Australia renamed to Freedom Publishers Union.
• 1st half 2013
  Operations based in Australia.
• 2nd half 2015
  Democratic Pirates Australia founded.
• 2nd half 2016
  Freedom Publishers Union business name registered with ASIC.
• 2nd half 2016
  GC Media Publishing Management business name registered with ASIC.
• 2nd half 2016
  Freedom Publishers Union entered a collaborative agreement with GC Media Publishing Management.
• 2nd half 2016
  Democratic Pirates Australia business name registered with ASIC.
• 2nd half 2016
  Democratic Pirates Australia applied for membership with Pirate Parties International. [1][2]
• 2nd half 2017
  Democratic Pirates Australia business name cancelled with ASIC.
• 2nd half 2017
  Democratic Pirates Australia dissolved; assets merged with Freedom Publishers Union.
• 2nd half 2017
  Freedom Publishers Union business name cancelled with ASIC.
• 2nd half 2017
  GC Media Publishing Management takes full ownership of Freedom Publishers Union.
• 1st half 2018
  Ownership split into shares under mutual agreement; GC Media Publishing Management retained majority share.
• 1st half 2018
  Forward Thinking Australia founded as a division of Freedom Publishers Union.
• 1st half 2019
  Freedom Publishers Union business name registered with Global Business Database Register.
• 1st half 2019
  Ownership split into shares under mutual agreement; GC Media Publishing Management retained minority share.
• 2nd half 2020
  Ownership structure dissolved by mutual agreement.
• 1st half 2021
  GC Media Publishing Management takes full control of Freedom Publishers Union.
• 1st half 2021
  Ownership model restructured.
• 1st half 2022
  Operations shifted to The Philippines.
• 1st half 2026
  Operations restructured.

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