Trumpet of Patriots

Country Alliance was founded in mid-2004 by four Victorians − Fiona Hilton-Wood, a staffer for independent MP Russell Savage; Russell Bate, a Shire of Mansfield councillor; Russell Pearson, a member of the Sporting Shooters Association; and Bob Richardson, a former union official.{{cite web |last1=Knight |first1=Ben |title=Victoria gets its newest political party, The Country Alliance |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406072553/https://www.abc.net.au/stateline/vic/content/2005/s1441956.htm |website=abc.net.au |publisher=Stateline |access-date=6 April 2012 |date=19 August 2005}}{{cite web |title=Nationals approve of new political group |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-17/nationals-approve-of-new-political-group/2082664 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028035237/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-17/nationals-approve-of-new-political-group/2082664 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |date=17 August 2005}} Savage said he had discussions with the party about joining, but ultimately chose to continue sitting as an independent.{{cite web |title=New regional party to tackle green policy |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-15/new-regional-party-to-tackle-green-policy/2081020 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028034422/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-15/new-regional-party-to-tackle-green-policy/2081020 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |date=15 August 2005}}{{cite web |title=Savage won't join Country Alliance |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-16/savage-wont-join-country-alliance/2081738 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028034951/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-16/savage-wont-join-country-alliance/2081738 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |date=16 August 2005}}

At the 2006 Victorian state election, the party contested the three rural upper house regions, receiving 13,329 first preference votes and finishing in ninth place statewide.{{cite web |title=State Election 2006 results |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201191249/http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/state2006resultsummary.html |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |access-date=1 December 2010 |date=25 November 2006}} In the Western Victoria Region, preferences from the Country Alliance and the Labor Party flowed to the Democratic Labor Party (DLP) through group voting tickets, resulting in DLP lead candidate Peter Kavanagh winning the region's fifth and final seat.{{cite web |title=Distribution Report, State Election 2006, Western Victoria Region |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/files/state2006WesternVictoriaRegionDistributions.xls |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416231415/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/files/state2006WesternVictoriaRegionDistributions.xls |archive-date=16 April 2019 |date=14 December 2006}}

Country Alliance nominated 37 candidates for the 2010 state election, standing in four upper house seats − Western Victoria, Eastern Victoria, Northern Victoria and Northern Metropolitan − and most of the regional seats in the lower house. The party's best lower house result was in Shepparton, where it polled 20.5% of first preferences and 39.8% of the two-candidate-preferred vote after preferences.{{cite web |title=Coalition bolsters north-east hold |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-11-29/coalition-bolsters-north-east-hold/2355056 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030084049/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-11-29/coalition-bolsters-north-east-hold/2355056 |archive-date=30 October 2016 |date=29 November 2010}} In Northern Victoria, the party was initially projected by the ABC to win the final seat after polling 6.8% of the primary vote, but it fell approximately 1,900 votes short.{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Antony |title=Pulling Apart the Count in Northern Victoria Region |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-17/pulling-apart-the-count-in-northern-victoria-region/9389620 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218132756/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-17/pulling-apart-the-count-in-northern-victoria-region/9389620 |archive-date=18 February 2025 |date=17 December 2010}}{{cite web |title=Victoria: Final Results, Poll Performance And 2PP Post-Election Pendulum |url=https://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2014/12/victoria-final-results-poll-performance.html |publisher=Dr Kevin Bonham |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123092528/https://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2014/12/victoria-final-results-poll-performance.html |archive-date=23 November 2023 |date=25 December 2014}}

After being registered with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in 2011, the party contested the 2013 federal election in several Victorian lower house seats, as well as fielding Senate candidates in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.{{cite web |title=Federal Election Senate: South Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2013/guide/senate-sa |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129030019/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2013/guide/senate-sa |archive-date=29 January 2025 |date=7 September 2013}} The party received a total of 6,440 votes in the Senate, accounting for 0.05% of all votes cast nationwide.{{cite web |title=FIRST PREFERENCES BY GROUP |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/17496/Website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-17496-NAT.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208195119/https://results.aec.gov.au/17496/website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-17496-NAT.htm |archive-date=8 December 2024 |date=7 September 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Paul |title=Political parties' fortunes laid out in black and white – and red – by AEC |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/25/political-parties-fortunes-laid-out-in-black-and-white-and-red-by-aec |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809130922/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/25/political-parties-fortunes-laid-out-in-black-and-white-and-red-by-aec |archive-date=9 August 2022 |date=25 March 2015}}

In February 2014, the Victorian branch of Katter's Australian Party (KAP) merged with Country Alliance, with the newly-combined party contesting the 2014 state election as the Australian Country Alliance (ACA).{{cite news |last1=Pearce |first1=Cimara |title=Katter's Australian Party set to merge with Country Alliance in bid for rural seats |url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/politics/katters-australian-party-set-to-merge-with-country-alliance-in-bid-for-rural-seats/news-story/cb70ea8b579a219f0cd1ca6bac4403ff |access-date=11 February 2014 |work=The Weekly Times |date=10 February 2014 |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618002415/https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/politics/katters-australian-party-set-to-merge-with-country-alliance-in-bid-for-rural-seats/news-story/cb70ea8b579a219f0cd1ca6bac4403ff |url-status=live }} At the election, the ACA received 1.28% of the vote in the lower house and 0.68% in the upper house statewide.{{cite web |url=http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/State2014/Summary.html |title=State Election 2014 - Summary |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=15 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215141555/http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/State2014/Summary.html |url-status=dead }}

In 2015, the party announced it would change its name to the Australian Country Party (ACP).{{cite web |last1=Kotsios |first1=Natalie |title=Alliance no more: Country party sets sight on name change |url=https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/3184880/alliance-no-more-country-party-sets-sight-on-name-change/ |publisher=The Border Mail |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723100746/http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/3184880/alliance-no-more-country-party-sets-sight-on-name-change/ |archive-date=23 July 2015 |date=2 July 2015}}{{cite web |title=Vic Country Alliance seeks name change |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/vic-country-alliance-seeks-name-change/936b13ab-0279-4f9a-8a7b-ed9f20dca470 |publisher=9News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218135043/https://www.9news.com.au/national/vic-country-alliance-seeks-name-change/936b13ab-0279-4f9a-8a7b-ed9f20dca470 |archive-date=18 February 2025 |date=13 August 2015}} The change was approved by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) on 21 August 2015, and later approved for federal elections by the AEC on 23 October 2015.{{cite web |last1=Kotsios |first1=Natalie |title=Australian Country Alliance name-change to Australian Country Party approved |url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/politics/australian-country-alliance-namechange-to-australian-country-party-approved/news-story/d425e109df22e0761a0ee020b2549a12 |publisher=The Weekly Times |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420231352/http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/politics/australian-country-alliance-namechange-to-australian-country-party-approved/news-story/d425e109df22e0761a0ee020b2549a12 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |date=21 August 2015}}{{cite web |title=Notice under s.134(6A) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Country Alliance |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registration_Decisions/2015/5925.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124133008/https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registration_Decisions/2015/5925.htm |archive-date=24 January 2025 |date=23 October 2015}} In response, the Victorian National Party sought to change its name to the "National Country Party" (the name that the federal National Party used from 1975 until 1982), but its application was rejected by the VEC.{{cite web |title=Vic Nationals seek name change |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/vic-nationals-apply-for-name-change/4489bbfd-f364-42c0-a6b4-a188b5e21c6e |publisher=9News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218134707/https://www.9news.com.au/national/vic-nationals-apply-for-name-change/4489bbfd-f364-42c0-a6b4-a188b5e21c6e |archive-date=18 February 2025 |date=4 August 2015}}{{cite web |title=Victorian Nationals consider VCAT appeal against National Country Party name change snub |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-17/vec-rejects-victorian-nationals-name-change-bid/7036136 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212090350/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-17/vec-rejects-victorian-nationals-name-change-bid/7036136 |archive-date=12 February 2016 |date=17 December 2015}}

In August 2018, the party applied to the AEC to change its name to the Australia Party/Give it Back, but withdrew the application before processing was completed.{{cite web |title=Australia Party/Give It Back |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327013306/https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/applications/files/2018/australian-country-party-change-logo.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=27 March 2022 |date=2018}}{{cite web |title=Application withdrawn - Australian Country Party |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registration_Decisions/2019/australian-country-party-withdrawal-notice.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127043630/https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registration_Decisions/2019/australian-country-party-withdrawal-notice.pdf |archive-date=27 November 2024 |date=10 January 2019}} In September 2018, the VEC approved a similar application and the party was registered as the Australian Country Party/Give It Back, although the party applied to revert the change in January 2019.{{cite web |title=Change of Australian Country Party to Australian Country Party/Give it Back |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006154939/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/media/20180906-ChangeOfAustralianCountryPartyToAustralianCountryPartyGiveItBack.html |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |access-date=6 October 2018 |date=6 September 2018}}{{cite web |title=Application to change a registered political party's name |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402070105/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/media/20190117-ApplicationToChangeARegisteredPoliticalPartysName.html |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |access-date=2 April 2019 |date=17 January 2019}}

In January 2020, the party changed its name to the Australian Federation Party (AFP).{{cite web |title=Australian Federation Party Constitution |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/8ff5736e-3587-414b-8b6a-c98a11aacf6d/australian-federation-party-nsw-constitution-registered-party-info.pdf |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010194313/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/8ff5736e-3587-414b-8b6a-c98a11aacf6d/australian-federation-party-nsw-constitution-registered-party-info.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2023 |date=15 January 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Catherine |title=All at sea |url=https://www.basscoastpost.com/federal-election-2022/all-at-sea |publisher=Bass Coast Post |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218142507/https://www.basscoastpost.com/federal-election-2022/all-at-sea |archive-date=18 February 2025 |date=5 May 2022}} One month later on 4 March 2020, Tasmanians 4 Tasmania, a minor party that had contested the 2018 Tasmanian state election, was formally renamed to Federation Party Tasmania.{{cite web |title=T4T-Tasmanians 4 Tasmania Inaugural statement and policies |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2018/02/t4t-tasmanians-4-tasmania-inaugural-statement-and-policies/ |publisher=Tasmanian Times |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218142827/https://tasmaniantimes.com/2018/02/t4t-tasmanians-4-tasmania-inaugural-statement-and-policies/ |archive-date=18 February 2025 |date=4 February 2018}}{{Cite journal |url=http://www.gazette.tas.gov.au/editions/2020/april_2020/21964_-_Special_4_April_2020.pdf |title=CHANGE OF PARTY NAME AND BALLOT PAPER NAME |date=23 March 2020 |journal=Tasmanian Government Gazette |number=21964 |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406133551/http://gazette.tas.gov.au/editions/2020/april_2020/21964_-_Special_4_April_2020.pdf |url-status=live }}

On 30 June 2020, an application to register Federation Party Australian Capital Territory was lodged with the ACT Electoral Commission.{{cite web |title=Australian Federation Party Australian Capital Territory has applied to register as a political party for 2020 ACT Legislative Assembly election |url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/1600253/Australian-Federation-Party-Australian-Capital-Territory-NoticeOfApplication-Elections-ACT-website.pdf |website=Elections ACT |publisher=ACT Electoral Commission |access-date=9 July 2020 |archive-date=9 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709051031/https://www.elections.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/1600253/Australian-Federation-Party-Australian-Capital-Territory-NoticeOfApplication-Elections-ACT-website.pdf |url-status=live }} At the ACT election in October, the party had 0.26% of the overall vote.{{cite web |title=Party Totals |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/act/2020/results/party-totals |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010044530/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/act/2020/results/party-totals |archive-date=10 October 2024 |date=17 October 2020}} The party also applied for registration with the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC) to contest local government elections, although it did not run in the 2021 local elections.{{cite web |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGISTER OF POLITICAL PARTIES |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708142356/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/NSWEC/media/NSWEC/Public%20notices/Public-Notice_Register_-DOCSD-WEBSITE-VERSION-AFPNSW.PDF |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |access-date=8 July 2020 |date=8 July 2020}}{{cite web |title=2021 NSW Local Government Elections |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2021 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250202115757/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2021 |archive-date=2 February 2025 |date=4 December 2021}}

At the 2022 federal election, the Federation Party received 0.39% of the nationwide lower house vote and 0.22% of the upper house vote.{{cite web |title=First preferences by party |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-27966-NAT.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206205726/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-27966-NAT.htm |archive-date=6 February 2025 |date=21 May 2022}}

Trumpet of Patriots (TOP) was formed on 23 August 2021 by South Australian management consultant Nick Duffield, who served as its inaugural president.{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.trumpetofpatriots.com/about-us |publisher=Trumpet of Patriots |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013130349/https://www.trumpetofpatriots.com/about-us |archive-date=13 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=Nick Duffield |url=https://ausfedparty.com.au/candidate/nick-duffield/ |url-status=live |publisher=Australian Federation Party |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702080014/https://ausfedparty.com.au/candidate/nick-duffield/ |archive-date=2 July 2022}} The party applied for registration with the AEC on 23 December 2021, but the party registration process was suspended on 11 April 2022 after the writ for the 2022 federal election was issued.{{cite letter |last=Reid |first=Joanne |subject=Notice of Decision on Party Registration Application to Register a Non-Parliamentary Party in the Register of Political Parties Refused |recipient=Trumpet of Patriots |url=https://aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Registration_Decisions/2022/statement-of-reasons-trumpet-of-patriots.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806025802/https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Registration_Decisions/2022/statement-of-reasons-trumpet-of-patriots.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2024 |date=10 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Crabb |first1=Annabel |title=Clive Palmer has swivelled the gun turrets and Peter Dutton is in his sights |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-26/clive-palmer-trumpet-of-patriots/100934096 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=4 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250304151714/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-26/clive-palmer-trumpet-of-patriots/100934096 |archive-date=4 March 2025 |date=26 February 2025}}

Because it could not contest the election as a registered party, it entered into an agreement with the Federation Party, with many candidates who had intended to contest for Trumpet of Patriots instead running for the AFP.{{cite web |title=Party Registration Crackdown Tracker |url=https://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2021/08/party-registration-crackdown-tracker.html |url-status=live |first=Kevin |last=Bonham |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616063740/https://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2021/08/party-registration-crackdown-tracker.html |archive-date=16 June 2024 |date=26 August 2021}} Following the federal election, the AEC refused the party's request for registration as it did not have 1,500 members required for registration.

On 26 August 2024, the Federation Party applied to change its name to "Trumpet of Patriots" as part of a merger between the two parties. The name change (an intentional allusion to Donald Trump{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes |date=2025-02-20 |title=What to know about Clive Palmer’s new political party ‘heavily inspired by Trump’ |url=https://www.forbes.com.au/news/billionaires/inside-clive-palmers-new-political-party-inspired-by-donald-trump/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Forbes Australia |language=en-US}}) was approved by the AEC on 3 December 2024.

At a press conference on 19 February 2025, former federal MP Clive Palmer announced that he had joined, and was now Chairman of Trumpet of Patriots,{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=Clive Palmer launches Trump-inspired political party Trumpet of Patriots |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/clive-palmer-launches-trumpet-of-patriots/aa66b246-f7ea-487d-8c65-68a491a2a4fe |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.9news.com.au}}{{Cite news |date=2025-02-19 |title=Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson trade barbs over failed bid to unify parties |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/clive-palmer-pauline-hanson-fail-unify-parties/104957330 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} following the High Court ruling that he would be unable to register the United Australia Party (UAP) for the 2025 federal election after its voluntary de-registration in 2022.{{cite news |work=The Guardian |title=Australia news live: Clive Palmer says he will spend 'whatever is required' to win seats for Trumpet of Patriots party |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/19/australia-news-live-nsw-music-festival-pill-testing-trial-oscar-jenkins-russian-captivity-video-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67b509f68f08cc1739de8f4a#block-67b509f68f08cc1739de8f4a |access-date=19 February 2025 |date=19 February 2025 |at=Palmer to launch new political mission with Trumpet of Patriots party |first1=Dan |last1=Jervis-Bardy |first2=Emily |last2=Wind |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219015219/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/19/australia-news-live-nsw-music-festival-pill-testing-trial-oscar-jenkins-russian-captivity-video-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67b509f68f08cc1739de8f4a#block-67b509f68f08cc1739de8f4a%5C |archive-date=19 February 2025}} Suellen Wrightson, a former UAP candidate, was announced as the party's leader and "prime ministerial candidate".{{cite web |title=Suellen Wrightson named Shadow Minister for Families |url=https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/suellen-wrightson-named-shadow-minister-for-families/ |publisher=United Australia Party |access-date=19 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813191636/https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/suellen-wrightson-named-shadow-minister-for-families/ |archive-date=13 August 2024 |date=12 April 2019}} The only sitting UAP representative, Victorian senator Ralph Babet, chose to remain as UAP leader and did not join Trumpet of Patriots.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Chris |title=Palmer to parrot Trump in federal election |url=https://the-riotact.com/palmer-to-parrot-trump-in-federal-election/847431 |publisher=The Riot ACT |access-date=20 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220053534/https://the-riotact.com/palmer-to-parrot-trump-in-federal-election/847431 |archive-date=20 February 2025 |date=20 February 2025}}

Several candidates nominated by the Trumpet of Patriots party have come under scrutiny following revelations of past controversies and criminal convictions, sparking questions about the party’s candidate vetting standards.

In the Division of Reid, New South Wales, the party nominated David Sarikaya, who had claimed to hold a doctorate in psychology. However, an investigation by the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission revealed that his doctorate came from an American, online, non-accredited institution called "The American College of Metaphysical Theology (ACMT)". His doctorate was in theology, unrelated to counselling or psychology practice, and the degree certificate was purchased online in 2009 for around $249. The HCCC launched an investigation in 2016 and found that he had been continuously misleading the public for years, posing as a mental health professional without any formal qualifications in psychology or counselling. In 2018, the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal issued an order permanently prohibiting him from providing any paid or voluntary healthcare services. He was also convicted of fraud in Victoria in 1997 and later declared bankrupt.{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/trumpet-of-patriots-david-sarikaya-misrepresented-qualifications/105179728 |title=Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots candidate David Sarikaya was banned from delivering health services |date=2025-04-15 |newspaper=ABC News |accessdate=2025-04-23 |language=en-AU}}

In Queensland, the party’s candidate for the division of Dickson, Michael Norman Jessop, has also attracted attention. Jessop was arrested in July of 2024 outside a residence on the Sunshine Coast after police were called about suspicious behaviour. Police found camouflage clothing, weapons, rope, tape, a shovel, an axe, and a body bag in his car. Jessop is currently out on bail awaiting trial for serious charges, including stalking and possession of weapons.{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/michael-jessop-bail-serious-charges-federal-election-candidate/105174716 |title=Trumpet of Patriots candidate Michael Jessop facing criminal charges |date=2025-04-14 |newspaper=ABC News |accessdate=2025-04-23 |language=en-AU}}

Another Queensland candidate, Gabrial Pennicott, who is running in the division of Wide Bay, was declared bankrupt and imprisoned in 2011 after being involved in 23 counts of fraud.{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/candidate-nominations-raise-questions-over-constitution/105147354 |title=Candidate nominations raise questions over Australian Constitution |date=2025-04-10 |newspaper=ABC News |accessdate=2025-04-23 |language=en-AU}}

As Country Alliance, Australian Country Party or Australian Federation Party representatives:

• Glamorgan–Spring Bay Council
• Cheryl Arnol (2013){{cite web |last1=Ellison |first1=Tom |title=Liberal Cadart stands firm on his grand vision |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2014/07/liberal-cadart-stands-firm-on-his-grand-vision/ |publisher=Tasmanian Times |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218121639/https://tasmaniantimes.com/2014/07/liberal-cadart-stands-firm-on-his-grand-vision/ |archive-date=18 February 2025 |date=9 July 2014}}

• Mansfield Shire Council
• Russell Bate (2012−2016){{cite web |last1=Matheson |first1=Mick |title=Firearms licence becomes legal ID |url=https://sportingshooter.com.au/news/firearms-licence-becomes-legal-id/ |publisher=Sporting Shooter |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013175047/https://sportingshooter.com.au/news/firearms-licence-becomes-legal-id/ |archive-date=13 October 2024 |date=7 September 2012}}{{cite web |title=Fears falling interest rates may impact councils |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-09/fears-falling-interest-rates-may-impact-councils/4679020 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031161451/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-09/fears-falling-interest-rates-may-impact-councils/4679020 |archive-date=31 October 2016 |date=9 May 2013}}

• Moyne Shire Council
• Jim Doukas (2015−2018){{cite web |last1=Sinnott |first1=Alex |last2=Woolley |first2=Jarrod |title=Jim Doukas announced as Country Party candidate |url=https://www.standard.net.au/story/3388746/jim-doukas-announced-as-country-party-candidate/ |publisher=The Standard |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20151011094131/https:/www.standard.net.au/story/3388746/jim-doukas-announced-as-ccountry-party-candidate/ |archive-date=11 October 2015 |date=29 September 2015}}

• Greater Bendigo City Council
• Elise Chapman (2014){{cite web |title=Bendigo councillor Elise Chapman to run for Country Alliance in Bendigo West |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-16/bendigo-councillor-elise-chapman-to-run-for/5817536 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=12 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101034206/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-16/bendigo-councillor-elise-chapman-to-run-for/5817536 |archive-date=1 November 2016 |date=16 October 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Lenaghan |first1=Peter |title=Bendigo anti-mosque campaigner Elise Chapman withdraws One Nation election candidacy |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/bendigo-anti-mosque-campaigner-withdraws-one-nation-candidacy/7362356 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602093230/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/bendigo-anti-mosque-campaigner-withdraws-one-nation-candidacy/7362356 |archive-date=2 June 2019 |date=27 April 2016}}

• Greater Geelong City Council
• Jock Irvine (2014){{cite web |title=ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL |url=https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/common/Public/Documents/8d1b84038e40fd9-Council%20Minutes%20-%2014%20October%202014.pdf |publisher=City of Greater Geelong |access-date=12 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112230039/https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/common/Public/Documents/8d1b84038e40fd9-Council%20Minutes%20-%2014%20October%202014.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2024 |date=14 October 2014}}{{cite web |title=Bellarine – Victoria 2014 |url=https://www.tallyroom.com.au/archive/vic2014/bellarine2014 |publisher=The Tally Room |access-date=12 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208022924/https://www.tallyroom.com.au/archive/vic2014/bellarine2014 |archive-date=8 February 2020}}

• Alice Springs Town Council
• Marli Banks (2019−2020){{cite web |title=Federation Party NT names Central Australia candidates, two Alice town councillors in the mix |url=https://ntindependent.com.au/federation-party-nt-names-central-australia-candidates-two-alice-town-councillors-in-the-mix/ |publisher=NT Independent |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814072959/https://ntindependent.com.au/federation-party-nt-names-central-australia-candidates-two-alice-town-councillors-in-the-mix/ |archive-date=14 August 2022 |date=28 June 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Barwick |first1=Alex |last2=Goetze |first2=Eliza |last3=Mabin |first3=Saskia |title=Alice Springs Election 2021: Meet the candidates running for mayor |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-20/alice-springs-election-2021-local-gov-election-guide/100389578 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110022800/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-20/alice-springs-election-2021-local-gov-election-guide/100389578 |archive-date=10 November 2024 |date=20 August 2021}}
• Eli Melky (2019−2020){{cite web |title=Federation Party announces candidates: more councillors joining the fray |url=https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2020/06/25/federation-party-announces-candidates-more-councillors-joining-the-fray/ |publisher=Alice Springs News |access-date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320102942/https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2020/06/25/federation-party-announces-candidates-more-councillors-joining-the-fray/ |archive-date=20 March 2023 |date=25 June 2020}}
• Catherine Satour (2019−2020)

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