United Australia Party

2022 - 5 - 21

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Clive Palmer spams Australians with false WHO conspiracy texts on ... (Daily Mail)

United Australia Party founder Clive Palmer has infuriated countless Australians on the eve of the federal election, sending out a spam text message about ...

On Friday, this text was sent to countless voters on the eve of the federal election Clive Palmer has left countless Australians frustrated on the eve of the federal election, sending out a controversial spam text message about the World Health Organisation Clive Palmer has left countless Australians frustrated on the eve of the federal election, sending out a controversial spam text message about the World Health Organisation.

United Australia Party launches last-minute blitz of misleading WHO ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

UAP leader Craig Kelly is predicted to lose his Sydney seat of Hughes on Saturday while party benefactor and mining billionaire Clive Palmer is an outside ...

Our role is in ensuring people have accurate information about the electoral process,” the AEC said on Twitter. States will always have the power to make decisions on how to respond to a health emergency,” she said. When it comes to spam text messages, Palmer and Kelly are repeat offenders. It is not uncommon for political parties to send blanket messages or phone calls with pre-recorded messages, particularly around election time. “I want to be crystal clear. WHO’s agenda is public, open and transparent.

Craig Kelly: From the fringes of the Liberal Party to the UAP captain's ... (SBS)

A man speaks with his finger raised. United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly during the United Australia Party's campaign launch on 16 April 2022. Source: AAP ...

In the south Sydney seat of Hughes, Mr Kelly has won four consecutive elections as a Liberal candidate. Currently, Jenny Ware is the Liberal candidate challenging Mr Kelly for the seat. Mr Campbell has also worked in local government and sat on a number of committees. After the move, Mr Kelly was thrust back into the public eye when he spammed Australians with messages about adverse vaccine reactions in September 2021. And government responses including lockdowns and vaccination mandates fractured the relationship between Mr Kelly and his former Party. The MP spruiked drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, claiming they were useful in preventing or treating COVID-19. It later saw him permanently banned from Facebook.

'Future Prime Minister' Craig Kelly slumps to significant loss for UAP (9News)

Craig Kelly's bid to become the first United Australia Party-aligned prime minister of Australia appears to...

It is the party that gets you into parliament." "Craig Kelly was going to be the United Australia Party's prime minister of Australia, according to all the advertising." 0:00 0:00 0:00 Nine called Kelly as the first MP to be ousted in the election.

Craig Kelly is out: From the fringes of the Liberal Party to the UAP ... (SBS)

For the first time since 2010, the outspoken MP will no longer be the member for Hughes.

The electorate has voted in a Liberal candidate at every election since 1996. After the move, Mr Kelly was thrust back into the public eye when he spammed Australians with messages about adverse vaccine reactions in September 2021. And government responses including lockdowns and vaccination mandates fractured the relationship between Mr Kelly and his former Party. In the last election, it was by a margin of 9.9 per cent and has been a safe Liberal seat. Challenger and winner Ms Ware will replace him. The MP spruiked drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, claiming they were useful in preventing or treating COVID-19. It later saw him permanently banned from Facebook. In 2019, the UAP candidate only secured 2.5 per cent of votes in Hughes. While Mr Kelly pushed the party's vote up in this election, Mr Kelly, backed by the UAP, could not put up a tight fight. On the UAP website, Mr Kelly said he had become “disillusioned by the Liberal Party during his time in office" and the pandemic response had "deeply eroded his faith in Australia’s government, as he saw, in real time, our freedoms being ripped away". He initially entered politics as a member of the Liberal Party and was elected into the House of Representatives in 2010 in the seat of Hughes. But since his last success in 2019, the country has dealt with a pandemic. By the end of February 2021, Mr Kelly had quit the Liberal Party to become an independent MP. After a dicey career in the House of Representatives, Craig Kelly has been voted out of his seat of Hughes after more than a decade in the job. He's been described as a "menace" by the Labor Party, has been dressed down by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and was last month egged by a member of the public.

Updated | Libs win Hughes (Liverpool City Champion)

Sitting MP Craig Kelly's time in parliament is over. He has gained just over eight per cent of the primary vote in his new role as a United Australia Party ...

Ms Ware has 42.67 per cent of the primary vote, Labor candidate Riley Campbell 21.99 per cent, independent Georgia Steele 15.15 per cent and independent Linda Seymour 3.19 per cent. Scott Morrison has easily retained the blue ribbon Liberal seat of Cook, but his primary vote is down by more than seven per cent and nearly six per cent two-party preferred. He has gained just over eight per cent of the primary vote in his new role as a United Australia Party candidate.