Nick Xenophon says he hopes a pair of spurned former allies are “subject to the same level of scrutiny as I am” after they today unveiled their own political party, with plans to take on the influential senator’s fledgling SA Best at the March state election.
An Adelaide Hills councillor and former Liberal upper house candidate is considering quitting the party to run for Nick Xenophon’s SA Best, InDaily can reveal.
The State Liberals have re-written their campaign strategy to avert a looming Xenophon threat in key seats, with Steven Marshall today warning a minority government at the behest of SA Best would “spell disaster for the people of South Australia”.
Nick Xenophon has named Labor seats Mawson and Giles as targets for his fledgling party at the March 2018 state election.