Family First will cease to exist as a political party and will merge with Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives according to widespread media reports. Family First’s two representatives in the South Australian parliament, Dennis Hood and Robert Brokenshire, will switch to being Australian Conservatives. Newly elected Family First senator Lucy Gichuhi will reportedly not be joining […]
Family First Senator Bob Day has officially resigned from parliament. The conservative senator from South Australia announced his resignation a fortnight ago when his building business collapsed leaving hundred’s of families with partially built homes. The Senator later indicated that he’d be delaying his resignation so that he could stay on in the senate to […]
Family First’s Senator Bob Day has declared he’ll be staying on in the senate despite announcing his resignation last week. Senator Day took to Twitter to announce that since his party wouldn’t be able to organise a replacement for him he’s likely to stay on his role until early 2017. The South Australian senator said […]
South Australian Senator Bob Day has announced he is leaving federal parliament today, due to financial issues with his construction business Home Australia. Mr Day was elected to the federal Senate in 2013, and has been Family First’s sole member in Canberra. Originally a member of the Liberal Party, Day joined Family First after the Liberals failed […]
