Skye Kakoschke-Moore with then party leader Nick Xenophon after announcing her resignation in November last year. Photo: AAP/David Mariuz

News

Comeback for former Xenophon senator - but not for Nick

Nick Xenophon has broken his public silence to strongly endorse his former federal colleague Skye Kakoschke-Moore, who was today announced as his former party’s lead Senate candidate – closing the door on a shock Canberra comeback after his failed foray into state politics.

News

Xenophon unlikely to feature in Sharkie's Mayo campaign

Nick Xenophon is unlikely to play a starring role in Rebekha Sharkie’s bid to retain the South Australian seat of Mayo in an upcoming by-election.

Politics

NICK OFF: Xenophon dropped in radical NXT rebrand

Nick Xenophon’s name will be expunged from the parties he founded, with the former senator’s name to be dropped from SA Best and his federal ‘Team’ seeking a radical rebrand to become the “Centre Alliance”.

Opinion

How Xenophon lost hope and SA Best deserted the battlefield

In the second and final part of his analysis of what went wrong with Nick Xenophon’s tilt for state parliament, Haydon Manning – a quasi-insider in the SA Best campaign – reveals how the party leader had given up hope for his own election weeks out from polling day.

Opinion

Why the SA Best bubble burst: a quasi-insider's account

Political scientist Haydon Manning ceased commentary on the state election due to his close family ties to Nick Xenophon’s SA Best. However, in the first of a two-part series, he now provides a warts-and-all analysis of what went wrong in the campaign – the lack of funding and seasoned campaigners, and the strategic mistakes from the man who insisted on running the show almost single-handedly.