Australian Conservatives to Amalgamate with Family First Party
A major new development has materialised on the federal political stage. Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives are to amalgamate with the Family First Party. This mergence is said to signal a massive consolidation of the conservative movement nationally. Peter Dutton has labelled the amalgamation ‘inevitable’ but what has happened is not exactly clear. Some commentators have said an ‘amalgamation’ is occurring, while others are saying Family First is to be ‘wound up’ and resources transferred to the Australian Conservatives in a party swallow-up. In fact, newly elected Family First Senator, Lucy Gichuhi has announced she will not be part of the new party. To clarify the situation The Daily spoke with Senior research associate, Stephen Chavura, political theorist and historian at Macquarie University.
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