Lyle Shelton has announced he’ll run for the Upper House in the New South Wales state election as an independent. Shelton is currently the National Director of the Family First Party, but as the party is not registered in New South Wales he’ll be standing as an independent. Shelton was previously a local government councilor […]
Lyle Shelton, the former Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, is joining political party Family First as their National Director. The appointment was announced by the party’s National Chairman Tom Kenyon. “Australians need a party that will take a bold and unequivocable stand for families,” Kenyon said. “That’s why we are building a movement […]
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 […]
Family First candidate Peter Madden has apologised for linking the Orlando massacre with the prospect of marriage equality in Australia. The Tasmanian Senate candidate took to Twitter shortly after news of the Orlando shooting broke and said that although the shooting in America was abhorrent the prospect of same sex couples marrying in Australia was […]
Bernard Gaynor gained national attention in early 2013 when he resigned as a candidate for the Katter Party in the lead up to the federal election. Controversy had surrounded the staunchly conservative Catholic father of six after he defended Victorian Katter candidate Tess Corbett. Corbett had said that she viewed pedophiles in the same category […]
