THE Australia First Alliance will run a joint NSW Senate ticket – a move that should help put another one or two non-mainstream freedom parties in the Senate.
“We are thrilled to announce that, as part of the Australia First Alliance, the NSW Libertarian Party will be running a joint Senate ticket in New South Wales alongside the HEART Party and Gerard Rennick People First,” the NSW Libertarians announced.
“For years, members of the broader freedom movement have called for greater cooperation between like-minded parties, and we’ve listened.
“While all three parties will retain their individual identities and the ability to field lower house candidates, we are uniting under a single Senate ticket with the following order:
1. Craig Kelly (Libertarian)
2. Michael O’Neill (HEART)
3. Gerard Rennick People First candidate
4. Libertarian candidate
5. HEART candidate
“The NSW Libertarian Party extends its gratitude to Gerard Rennick and Michael O’Neill for their support. We see this as the beginning of an ongoing collaboration that will strengthen our shared goals into the future.”
Cairns News has welcomed the move and would hope that freedom-party Queensland Senate contestants can do the same. Already we have learned that former LNP senator Gerald Rennick is willing to work with the Katter Party candidates.
The Australia First Alliance for NSW has preferenced the LNP at No. 6. While this is likely to attract criticism, it may help in preference flow and at the very least reduce the chances of a Labor-Green-Teal domination of the Senate.
