Craig Kelly's bid to become the first United Australia Party-aligned prime minister of Australia appears to...
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Despite an estimated $100 million spent by the mining magnate during the federal election, the UAP secured just 4.3 per cent of the national vote.
In Holt, a Labor seat that covers Hampton Park, Cranbourne and Lynbrook in Melbourne’s outer southeast, the UAP secured a swing of 4 per cent. It is expected to go to the Liberal Party’s Jenny Ware. He pleaded guilty to unlawful assault in 2018 before a magistrate dismissed the charge when he complied with an undertaking. These are issues associated with rapidly growing suburbs, poor infrastructure, and no support from either major parties. Its lowest votes were in the ACT and Tasmania. This translates to about $210 spent on each vote.
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Her party polled 7.8 per cent of the Senate vote in Queensland compared to the Greens' 14 per cent. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The Liberal/National Coalition has taken two of the six Senate positions in Queensland, and Labor has secured one and likely two, while the Greens also seem certain to take one. Clive Palmer's United Australia Party has suffered a crushing defeat, picking up no seats in the House of Representatives However the party is likely to have one or two senators elected, with Ralph Babet leading in the count for Victoria's sixth and final Senate position, and Michael Arbon in contention in a tight race for the last Senate position from South Australia. Billionaire Clive Palmer's United Australia Party failed to win any seats in the House of Representatives despite an almost $100 million six-month election campaign.
Despite a pandemic, tens of millions of dollars of advertising and a swing away from major parties, freedom movement-aligned parties failed.
Nationwide, the party added less than 1% to bring its primary vote to 4.3% in the House of Representatives, claiming no seats and losing its parliamentary leader Craig Kelly’s seat in Hughes. However, it did see big spikes in its votes in outer-suburban seats in Queensland and Victoria and may might pick up a Senate spot in Victoria. Palmer’s near-$100 million spend has barely improved the UAP’s showing from the 2019 election. With the Senate count still under way, it appears far-right, conspiracy-promoting groups have been unable to capitalise on a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, a billionaire magnate’s seemingly endless advertising coffers, and a move away from the two major parties.
The mining magnate's advertising blitz proved fruitless on Saturday as the United Australia Party attracted a primary vote of just 4.3% and leader Craig.
Her party polled 7.8 per cent of the Senate vote in Queensland compared to the Greens’ 14 per cent. She was first elected to the Senate for Queensland in 2016. Palmer ran UAP candidates in all lower house seats this year and had touted Mr Kelly as the future prime minister of Australia during his party’s campaign. However the party is likely to have one or two senators elected, with Ralph Babet leading in the count for Victoria’s sixth and final Senate position, and Michael Arbon in contention in a tight race for the last Senate position from South Australia. The mining magnate’s advertising blitz proved fruitless on Saturday as his party fizzled with a national primary vote of just 4.3% and Liberal-defector-turned-UAP -leader Craig Kelly was ousted from his seat of Hughes. The mining magnate’s advertising blitz proved fruitless on Saturday as the United Australia Party attracted a primary vote of just 4.3% and leader Craig Kelly was ousted from his seat of Hughes.