Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
AbbreviationSFF
Founded2 May 1992
HeadquartersSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
New South Wales Legislative Council
2 / 42
Victorian Legislative Council
1 / 40
Local government councillors (NSW)
4 / 1,480
Website
shootersfishersandfarmers.org.au
Seats in local government
Dubbo[10]
2 / 11
Junee[11]
1 / 9
Hawkesbury[12]
1 / 12
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The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) is a conservative Australian political party. It primarily advocates for increased funding and services for rural and regional Australia,[13] protecting the right to farm,[14] enhancing commercial and recreational fishing,[15] and relaxing gun control for citizens.[16]

The party was formed in 1992, and was known simply as the Shooters Party. It initially operated only in New South Wales, but has since expanded into other states. It was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in 2007, and contested its first federal election the same year.[17] In July 2009, the party changed its name to the Shooters and Fishers Party,[18] and in April 2016, the name was changed to its current name.[19][20] The party has also gradually broadened its policy focus, with water and regional health care being its main focus during the 2019 NSW state and federal election campaigns.[21]

The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party currently has two members in the New South Wales Legislative Council and one in the Victorian Legislative Council. It has previously elected a member to the Western Australian Legislative Council.

In November 2016, the party won its first lower house seat in NSW, winning the seat of Orange in a by-election; subsequently increased to three seats following the 2019 New South Wales state election.[22][23] However, in 2022 all three NSW Legislative Assembly members of parliament left the party to sit as independents.

  1. ^ Manfield, Evelyn; Al Jrood, Tabarak (13 February 2021). "WA election: Labor, Liberals decline to comment on preference deals ahead of deadline". ABC News. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ McGowan, Michael (20 October 2020). "Icac's independence 'threatened' by NSW funding model". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Conservative Shooters and Fishers Party has sold itself to Labor: Barilaro". news.co.au. Sky News. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ [1][2][3]
  5. ^ "Major parties on notice after Orange by-election in NSW". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ Visentin, Lisa; Koziol, Michael (26 March 2019). "The wunderkind behind the rise of Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SMH-20190329 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Shine, Rhiannon (3 July 2017). "Green issues unite renamed Tasmanian Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party targeting next state election". ABC News.
  9. ^ [5][6][7][8]
  10. ^ https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/dubbo/councillor
  11. ^ https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/junee/councillor
  12. ^ https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/hawkesbury/councillor
  13. ^ "SFF: NSW Government must be "bias for the bush" in exchange for support". Shooters, Fishers & Farmers Party. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  14. ^ "NSW Policy". Shooters, Fishers & Farmers Party. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  15. ^ "SFF policy of fishing" (PDF).
  16. ^ "SFF policy on Firearms" (PDF).
  17. ^ "Registration of Shooters and Fishers Party". Extract from the Register of Political Parties for the Shooters and Fishers Party. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Statement of Reasons: The Australian Shooters Party". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  19. ^ "We're Changing Our Name to the "Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party"". Shooters & Fishers Party. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  20. ^ "Notice under s.134(6A) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Shooters and Fishers Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  21. ^ "Shooters focus on health and water, not guns, for NSW election". ABC News. 18 March 2019.
  22. ^ Cite error: The named reference NSWSE2019a was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference NSWSE2019b was invoked but never defined (see the help page).