Green light for United Australia Party to field candidates at November state election
Labor sources say multiple seats are in jeopardy, with many angry voters expected to turn to a party that has just been officially registered.
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The United Australia Party has been given the green light to field candidates at November’s state election.
The Victorian Electoral Commission announced on Thursday the party had been officially registered.
The Freedom Party of Victoria was also registered.
Both parties are expected to attract a significant number of votes with an expected backlash against Daniel Andrews over the government’s pandemic lockdowns.
Labor sources say internal research has predicted up to 10 seats could be in jeopardy.
While the Andrews government had a massive win in 2018, the loss would still wipe out a significant portion of its majority – it currently holds 55 of 88 lower house seats, with 45 needed to form majority government.
Underworld figure and boxing identity Mick Gatto this week threw his weight behind the Freedom Party.
The party came into being following the state’s lockdowns and vaccine mandates – what the party’s leaders consider an infringement of liberty under an “incompetent and corrupt government”.
Its deputy leader is Aidan McLindon, ex-Queensland LNP member, creator of the Queensland Party, and former national director of Katter’s Australian Party.
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