Drew Pavlou launches political party in hopes of securing senate bid

After suffering minor setbacks to his political career, Drew Pavlou is launching his own party - and hosting a listening event for Kanye’s latest album to celebrate.

Student activist Drew Pavlou has launched his own political party in the hope of being elected as a Queensland Senator.

The Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance Party has surpassed 1100 members as the embattled student vows to continue fighting the CCP and corruption all the way to Canberra.

Mr Pavlou’s initial aspirations were allegedly quashed by backroom negotiations between One Nation party officials and the Katter Australia Party, prompting him to go his own way.

Drew Pavlou has launched the Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance Party as he intends to contest the federal election as a Queensland Senate candidate. Picture: Drew Pavlou.

While the party is in his namesake, Mr Pavlou says his party will field several candidates across Australia.

Candidates will include South Australian Adilla Yarmuhammad who is a Uyghur activist who fled persecution to this country with her family.

Mr Pavlou says the party’s manifesto is to be a group of ‘outsiders’ who fight for a fairer, more democratic Australia, tired of political and corporate cronyism.

”I realised the only way to get an audience from parliament is to knock down the door myself,” Mr Pavlou said.

”The only thing politicians care about is their job at election time, so I’m going to make sure they can’t ignore what China is doing to innocent people by being as annoying as possible,” he said.

Drew Pavlou has launched the Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance Party as he intends to contest the federal election on anti-CCP platform. Picture: Drew Pavlou.

The party will also fight to guarantee security for Taiwan, pull the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, condemn Uyghur genocide, and provide refuge for people fleeing Chinese persecution.

While his party now boasts over 1100 members from across all states and territories, new Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) rules means it will require 1500 in order to contest the next federal election.

The party will hold a launch party in the coming week to help tip membership over the threshold.

The event will double as a listening party for Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ album, Mr Pavlou says the artist has been a key influence in his life and prompted him to return to his Christian faith.

Drew Pavlou launches political party in his namesake hoping to secure position as a Queensland senator on anti-CCP platform.

The 22-year-old has returned as a student at the University of Queensland after his initial two year suspension was reduced to six months.

After being elected to, and then booted from, the university’s senate in 2020, Mr Pavlou is back on campus and will once more contest student elections next month.