Jacqui Lambie Network

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Jacqui Lambie Network
AbbreviationJLN
President Jacqui Lambie
Leader Jacqui Lambie
SecretaryChris Hannan
Founded14 May 2015;9 years ago (2015-05-14)
Split from Palmer United Party
HeadquartersShop 4, 22 Mount Street, Burnie, Tasmania
Ideology
Colours  Gold
House of Representatives
0 / 5
(Tas. seats)
Senate
1 / 12
(Tas. seats)
House of Assembly
1 / 35
Legislative Council
0 / 15
Circular Head Council
1 / 9
Website
lambienetwork.com.au

The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is a political party in Australia, formed in May 2015, bearing the name of its founder, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.

Contents

The JLN has maintained populist support for working class "battlers", especially welfare recipients. [3] [4]

The party currently has two elected members; Jacqui Lambie in the Australian Senate and Andrew Jenner in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

History

The JLN was formed to allow Lambie to re-contest her Senate seat at the 2016 federal election, after she resigned from the Palmer United Party in November 2014. It gained 8.3% of the Senate popular vote in Tasmania in 2016, slightly increasing its vote share to 8.9% at the 2019 election.

In November 2017, she was revealed to hold Australian-British dual citizenship, having inherited British citizenship from her Scottish-born father. As part of the parliamentary eligibility crisis, she announced her resignation on 14 November 2017. After a recount, she was replaced by Devonport Mayor Steve Martin, who had been second on the JLN ticket in the 2016 federal election.

Senator Steve Martin expelled

He survived a challenge to his own eligibility, on a different constitutional ground, but refused to step down so as to create a casual Senate vacancy to which Lambie could be appointed. Lambine later expelled him from the party for disloyalty. [5]

Senator Tammy Tyrrell elected

Tammy Tyrrell was selected as the lead candidate on the Jacqui Lambie Network's Senate ticket for the 2022 federal election, and was elected at that election. [6]

Senator Tammy Tyrrell leaves the party

On 28 March 2024, Tyrrell announced she would resign from the Jacqui Lambie Network to sit as an independent, saying that Lambie was "not happy" with the way she was representing the party. [7] On 1 August 2024, after an interview on ABC Radio Hobart where Jacqui Lambie stated she did not know why Tyrrell left, Tyrrell stated that Lambie had told her to leave. [8] [9]

Entry and Retreat from Tasmanian State Politics

2018 election

The JLN ran 12 candidates in the 2018 Tasmanian state election, in the electorates of Lyons, Braddon and Bass. [10]

After a pre-election refusal from Tasmanian Labor and the Tasmanian Liberals to negotiate with minor parties to form government in a possible hung parliament scenario, Lambie called the matter a 'slap in the face.' [10]

After the election no JLN candidate won a seat, with the highest-first-preference candidate, Mayor of Spring Bay Michael Kent winning around 2,000 first-preference votes, being eliminated in one of the final counts. Kent's preferences largely benefited Liberal candidates. [11]

2021 election

The Jacqui Lambie Network chose not to contest the 2021 Tasmanian state election, despite being a registered state party. [12]

2024 election

Jacqui Lambie announced that she would be putting forward candidates for the 2024 Tasmanian state election. [13]

In this election, the JLN won seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the first time. [14] Three candidates were elected. [15] The party contested all seats except for Clark. [16]

On 10 April 2024, an agreement with the minority Liberal government was reached to provide confidence and supply. [17] This deal has been criticised by current and former state MPs for rendering the party incapable of being independent. [18]

On 2 July 2024, the three elected JLN state members were reported to have issued a "butt out" legal notice to Jacqui Lambie. It was claimed she was directing them how to vote. [19]

On 16 August 2024, Jacqui Lambie issued a statement demanding Michael Ferguson resigns from the Tasmanian executive government, despite her MPs keeping the party in government. [20]

On 20 August 2024, JLN Members Rebekah Pentland and Andrew Jenner were interviewed on ABC Hobart's morning programme, where Andrew Jenner agreed with Jacqui Lambie's call to remove Michael Ferguson as treasurer. In the same interview, Rebekah Pentland stated she found Jacqui Lambie's interference in Tasmanian State Parliament, "not very helpful'. [21]

In the same interview, Andrew Jenner claimed that Tasmanian Salmon Aquaculture has paid no taxes for three years. This has been disputed by Luke Martin, CEO of Salmon Tasmania. [22]

On the 24 August 2024, Jacqui Lambie kicked out Rebekah Pentland and Miriam Beswick from the party, leaving them as independent MPs. This meant the agreement with the Rockcliff government was null and void. [23]

On 29 August 2024, Lambie signalled her foray into state politics was over. [24]

State MP's expelled

On 24 August 2024, Rebekah Pentland and Miriam Beswick were removed from the party. [25] They will sit as independents. [26]

The party now has one MP, Andrew Jenner. [27]

No further state-politics

In August 2024, Leader Jacqui Lambie announced she will not run candidates in Tasmanian state elections in the future. She also apologised to Premier Rockliff for government instability after her party 'imploded'. [28]

National policies

While announcing the formation of the party, Lambie revealed the party's 12 "core beliefs", including establishing a national apprentice, trade and traineeship system incorporating both the Australian Defence Force and TAFEs, dedicated Indigenous seats in parliament, and supporting the introduction of a carbon tax. [29]

Nationalism and views on Islam

Early in her political career, Lambie promoted firm nationalist sentiments, first in opposition to Sharia law, [30] and more recently about "Chinese foreign interference". [31] In an interview with ABC News in 2018, Lambie distanced herself from her previous views on Sharia law, stating she did not want to "cause division", and was influenced by "a previous advisor that was really driving that in". [32]

On 22 August 2024, Lambie was accused by fellow Senator Mehreen Faruqi of vilifying Muslims during a parliamentary debate over Australia's granting of visas for Gazans. "I had to sit here and listen to Senator [Jacqui] Lambie attack and vilify Muslims and she couldn’t even pronounce my name", she claimed on SBS News. [33]

Royal commission into veteran suicide

In response to a Change.org petition organised by Julie-Ann Finney, whose son David Finney killed himself after a crippling battle with post-traumatic stress injury, [34] Lambie has called for a royal commission into veteran suicide. [35]

The Morrison Government announced their intention to appoint a National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention to inquire into the deaths by suicide of serving and former ADF members. [36]

Lambie criticised the Government's plan in a dissenting report, noting that "The families of veterans who have taken their own lives support a Royal Commission. The institutions who are being blamed for those suicides support a National Commissioner." [37]

On 8 July 2021, a Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide in Australia was established. [38]

Political donations

Lambie introduced a bill to the Australian Senate in February 2020 that proposes to tighten political donations laws. [39] The bill seeks to amend current laws that permit political donations under $14,300 to not be disclosed. [40] Lambie has proposed lowering this threshold to $2,500. The bill also proposes to introduce electoral expenditure accounts for organisations that run political campaigns

Australian manufacturing

In early 2020, Lambie started a campaign [41] to support Australian manufacturing with concerns about Australia's reliance on foreign imported products; she believes these concerns are a threat to Australia's economic sovereignty; magnified with the advent of COVID-19. [42]

Foreign interference

Lambie has said on her website "It’s about time that the people in Parliament woke up to China’s attempts to infiltrate our economy and our democracy." [43] Her concerns are echoed by Duncan Lewis, formerly the Director-General of Security at ASIO. [44]

Taxation

Upon its application to register as a political party in 2015, it was described that the party would "favour the introduction of a financial transactions tax". [45]

Board

The party's board was unknown until 1 August 2024, when it was disclosed by Lambie in an interview on ABC Radio Hobart. [46]

Lambie has served as party president since July 2024, while former Tasmanian state election candidate Chris Hannan is the secretary, former RSL New South Wales chief executive and JLN NSW senate candidate Glenn Kolomeitz is treasurer and Ian Basckin also serves on the board. [47]

Elected representatives

Current

Federal

State

Local

  • Rodney Flowers, Councillor for the Circular Head (2022–present)

Former

Federal

State

Local

Electoral history

At the 2016 federal election, the Jacqui Lambie Network fielded 10 candidates for the Senate (three each in Tasmania and New South Wales, and two each in Queensland and Victoria) but no candidates for seats in the House of Representatives. [48]

The Jacqui Lambie Network has selected candidates from SA, NSW and Queensland to run in the Next Australian federal election. [49]

Federal Parliament

Senate
Election year# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		# of
overall seats won		# of
overall seats		+/–Status
2016 69,0740.50 (#17)
1 / 76
1 / 76
Increase2.svg 1 Crossbench
2019 31,3830.21 (#28)
1 / 40
1 / 76
Steady2.svgCrossbench
2022 23,2730.27 (#28)
1 / 40
2 / 76
Increase2.svg 1Crossbench

Tasmanian Parliament

House of Assembly
Election year# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		# of
overall seats won		# of
overall seats		+/–Status
2018 10,5793.16 (#4)
0 / 25
0 / 25
Steady2.svgExtra-parliamentary
2021 Did not contest
2024 21,3786.75 (#4)
3 / 35
3 / 35
Increase2.svg 3Crossbench
(With Confidence and supply)

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