Candidates of the 2010 Australian federal election explained

This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2010 Australian federal election.

Nominations were formally declared open by the Australian Electoral Commission following the issue of the writ on 19 July 2010. Nominations closed on 29 July 2010. The received nominations were declared publicly on 30 July 2010.^[1]

The election was held on Saturday 21 August 2010.^[1]

Redistributions and seat changes

• Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
  • In New South Wales, the Labor-held seat of Prospect was renamed McMahon, and the Labor-held seat of Lowe was abolished. The Liberal-held seats of Gilmore, Greenway and Macarthur became notionally Labor.
    • The member for Greenway, Louise Markus (Liberal), contested Macquarie.
    • The member for Lowe, John Murphy (Labor), contested Reid.
    • The member for Prospect, Chris Bowen (Labor), contested McMahon.
    • The member for Reid, Laurie Ferguson (Labor), contested Werriwa.
    • The member for Werriwa, Chris Hayes (Labor), contested Fowler.
  • In Queensland, the notionally LNP seat of Wright was created. The LNP-held seats of Dickson and Herbert became notionally Labor.
  • In Western Australia, the Liberal-held seat of Kalgoorlie was abolished, and the notionally Liberal seat of Durack was created. The Liberal-held seat of Swan became notionally Labor.
    • The member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase (Liberal), contested Durack.
  • There were minimal changes in Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• James Bidgood MP (Dawson, Qld): announced retirement 5 February 2010^[2]
• Jodie Campbell MP (Bass, Tas): announced retirement 30 October 2009^[3]
• Bob Debus MP (Macquarie, NSW): announced retirement 5 June 2009^[4]
• Annette Ellis MP (Canberra, ACT): announced retirement 22 January 2010^[5]
• Jennie George MP (Throsby, NSW): announced retirement 19 November 2009^[6]
• Julia Irwin MP (Fowler, NSW): announced retirement 14 September 2009^[7]
• Duncan Kerr MP (Denison, Tas): announced retirement 10 September 2009^[8]
• Bob McMullan MP (Fraser, ACT): announced retirement 19 January 2010^[9]
• Belinda Neal MP (Robertson, NSW): lost preselection 6 March 2010,^{[10] [11] [12]} announced retirement 29 July 2010^[13]
• Roger Price MP (Chifley, NSW): announced retirement 19 March 2010^[14]
• Lindsay Tanner MP (Melbourne, Vic): announced retirement 24 June 2010^[15]
• Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW): announced retirement 1 March 2010^[16]
• Senator Annette Hurley (SA): announced retirement 1 July 2010^[17]
• Senator Kerry O'Brien (Tas): lost preselection 9 April 2010,^[18] did not renominate^[19]

Liberal

• Fran Bailey MP (McEwen, Vic): announced retirement 7 October 2009^[20]
• Pat Farmer MP (Macarthur, NSW): lost preselection 30 October 2009; announced retirement 15 February 2010^[21]
• Petro Georgiou MP (Kooyong, Vic): announced retirement 23 November 2008^[22]
• David Hawker MP (Wannon, Vic): announced retirement 1 June 2009^[23]
• Peter Lindsay MP (Herbert, Qld): announced retirement 27 January 2010^[24]
• Margaret May MP (McPherson, Qld): announced retirement 14 August 2009^[25]
• Chris Pearce MP (Aston, Vic): announced retirement 23 June 2009^[26]
• Danna Vale MP (Hughes, NSW): announced retirement 4 August 2009^[27]
• Senator Alan Ferguson (SA): announced retirement 4 March 2010^[28]
• Senator Nick Minchin (SA): announced retirement 24 March 2010^[29]
• Senator Judith Troeth (Vic): announced retirement 14 January 2009^{[30] [31]}

National

• Kay Hull MP (Riverina, NSW): announced retirement 6 April 2010^[32]

House of Representatives

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Australian Capital Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
					Sue Ellerman
					Indra Esguerra	Quintin Hedges-Phillips (SPA)

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Greens candidate	CDP candidate	Other candidates
			Daryl Melham	Ron Delezio (Lib)	Paul Spight		Michael Parsons (ON)
			Robert McClelland	John La Mela (Lib)	Simone Francis
		Maxine McKew		John Alexander (Lib)	Lindsay Peters	Julie Worsley	Stephen Chavura (FFP) Martin Levine (BAP) Mary Mockler (CA) Terje Petersen (LDP) Bill Pounder (TCS) Sue Raye (ASP) Victor Waterson (ON)
		Michael Stove		Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Toni Wright-Turner	Steve Evans	Christian Ellis (FFP) Mick Gallagher (Ind)
			Jason Clare	Mark Majewski (Lib)	Malikeh Michels		David Ball (Ind) Abdul Charaf (Ind) Richard Phillips (SEP) Ronald Poulsen (-) Bob Vinnicombe (ON)
		Sarah Gallard		Paul Fletcher (Lib)	Susie Gemmell
		Kevin Duffy		John Cobb (Nat)		Jessyka Norsworthy	Paul Blanch (Ind) Karen Romano (Ind) Macgregor Ross (Ind)
			Greg Combet	John McDonald (Lib)	Ian McKenzie	Mitchell Pickstone	Patrick Barry (Ind) Ann Lawler (CEC)
				Venus Priest (Lib)	Debbie Robertson	Dave Vincent	Terry Cooksley (AFP) Keith Darley (Dem) Louise Kedwell (ON)
		Peter Scaysbrook		Scott Morrison (Lib)	Naomi Waizer	Beth Smith	Merelyn Foy (FFP) Richard Putral (ON) Graeme Strang (Ind)
		Paul Sekfy		Luke Hartsuyker (Nat)	Dominic King	Deborah Lions	John Arkan (Ind)
			Sharon Bird	Philip Clifford (Lib)	George Takacs		John Flanagan (NCPP) Jess Moore (SA)
			Craig Thomson	John McNamara (Lib)	Scott Rickard	Rhonda Avasalu	Gavin Brett (FFP)
			Mike Kelly	David Gazard (Lib)	Catherine Moore	Ursula Bennett	Ray Buckley (Ind) Frank Fragiacomo (Ind) Tom Gradwell (FFP) Olga Quilty (LDP)
		Christian Emmery		Sussan Ley (Lib)	Peter Carruthers	James Male	Stephen Bingle (Dem) Louise Burge (Ind) Jason Clancy (-) Mathew Crothers (SPA)
			Chris Hayes	Thomas Dang (Lib)	Signe Westerberg		Mike Head (SEP)
		Neil Reilly		Joanna Gash (Lib)	Ben van der Wijngaart	Bohdan Brumerskyj	Elizabeth Cunningham (FFP) Don Keys (LDP) Annette Williams (SPA)
			Anthony Albanese	Alexander Dore (Lib)	Sam Byrne		James Cogan (SEP) Perry Garofani (Dem) Pip Hinman (SA)
				Jaymes Diaz (Lib)	Paul Taylor	Allan Green	John Baiada (BAP) Joaquim de Lima (LDP) Iris Muller (FFP) Tony Pettitt (AFP) Michael Santos (Ind) Amarjit Tanda (Ind) Ronaldo Villaver (Dem)
		Brent Thomas		Craig Kelly (Lib)	Susan Roberts	Scott Nailon	Peter Bussa (ON) Stan Hurley (FFP) Don Nguyen (LDP)
		Robin Saville		Alby Schultz (Lib)	Kevin Watchirs	Karen Buttigieg	Greg Butler (Dem) Charles Liptak (FFP) Lisa Milat (LDP)
			Joel Fitzgibbon	Michael Johnsen (Nat)	Chris Parker	Wayne Riley	Jennifer Leayr (ON)
			Peter Garrett	Michael Feneley (Lib)	Lindsay Shurey		Josh Carmont (Dem) John Cunningham (ON) Zac Hambides (SEP)
			David Bradbury	Fiona Scott (Lib)	Suzie Wright	Andrew Green	Geoff Brown (Ind) John Phillips (FFP) Mick Saunders (AFP)
		Frederik Lips	David Gillespie (Nat)	Ian Oxenford			Rob Oakeshott (Ind) Barry Wright (Ind)
		Nick Bleasdale		Russell Matheson (Lib)	Jessica Di Blasio	Nolene Norsworthy	Domenico Cammaveri (BAP) Grant Herbert (FFP) Kate McCulloch (ON) Clinton Mead (Dem)
		Linda Beattie		Bronwyn Bishop (Lib)
				Louise Markus (Lib)	Carmel McCallum	Luke Portelli	John Bates (AFP) Amy Bell (Ind) Jason Cornelius (FFP) Terry Tremethick (CA) Peter Whelan (LDP)
			Chris Bowen	Jamal Elishe (Lib)	Astrid O'Neill	Manny Poularas
		Nigel Gould		Alex Hawke (Lib)	Colin Dawson	Brendon Prentice
		Greg Smith	Tim Coates (Nat)	Pat Schultz			Brian Dettmann (ON) Tony Windsor* (Ind) Richard Witten (CEC)
			Sharon Grierson	Brad Luke (Lib)	Michael Osborne	Milton Caine	Zane Alcorn (SA) Noel Holt (SEP) Dean Winter (Dem)
		Leta Webb		Joe Hockey (Lib)	Andrew Robjohns		Daniel Le (FFP) Daniel Pearce (Dem)
			Janelle Saffin	Kevin Hogan (Nat)	Jeff Johnson		Doug Behn (Ind) Julia Melland (Dem) Merle Summerville (Ind)
		Andrew Brooks		Mark Coulton (Nat)	Matt Parmeter		John Clements (Ind) Mick Colless (Ind)
			Julie Owens	Charles Camenzuli (Lib)	Phil Bradley	Alex Sharah	Chris Gordon (SEP) Kalpesh Patel (Ind) Duncan Roden (SA)
		Jim Arneman		Bob Baldwin (Lib)	Jan Davis	Anna Balfour	Paul Hennelly (-) Veronica Lambert (FFP) Kevin Leayr (ON) Josef Wiedenhorn (Ind)
			John Murphy	Peter Cooper (Lib)	Adam Butler	Bill Shailer	Carolyn Kennett (SEP)
			Justine Elliot	Alan Hunter (Nat) Joan van Lieshout (Lib)	Joe Ebono		Julie Boyd (Ind) Nic Faulkner (Ind) Matthew Hartley (Ind) Stephen Hegedus (Ind) David Robinson (Dem)
		Robyn Hakelis		Michael McCormack (Nat) Andrew Negline (Lib)	David Fletcher	Sylvia Mulholland	Craig Hesketh (ON) Matthew Hogg (Ind) Rhonda Lever (FFP) Tim Quilty (LDP)
				Darren Jameson (Lib)	Peter Freewater	Graham Freemantle	Melissa Batten (Ind) Nicole Beiger (LDP) Jake Cassar (Ind) Michael Jakob (FFP) Michelle Meares (Ind) Don Parkes (ON)
			Jill Hall	Deborah Narayanan (Lib)	Phillipa Parsons		Milton Alchin (ON) Peter Williams (SPA)
			Tanya Plibersek	Gordon Weiss (Lib)	Tony Hickey		Denis Doherty (Comm) Christopher Owen (SPA) Brett Paterson (Dem) Jane Ward (Ind)
				Juliet Arkwright (Lib) Alan Hay (Nat)	Peter Moran		Wayne Hartman (NCPP)
		Hugh Zochling		Tony Abbott (Lib)	Matthew Drake-Brockman		Kenneth Cooke (SPA) Alexander Gutman (ASP)
			Tony Burke	Ken Nam (Lib)	Christine Donayre		Mark Sharma (Ind)
		Steven Lewis		Malcolm Turnbull (Lib)	Matthew Robertson		John August (SPA) Malcolm Duncan (Ind) Stuart Neal (CA) Pat Sheil (Ind)
			Laurie Ferguson	Essam Eskaros (Lib)	Lauren Moore

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
			Warren Snowdon	Leo Abbott	Barbara Shaw	Deirdre Finter (Ind) Peter Flynn (CEC) Kenny Lechleitner (Ind)
		Damian Hale			Emma Young	Trudy Campbell (CEC) John Kearney (ON)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	LNP candidate	Greens candidate	FFP candidate	Other candidates
			Shayne Neumann	Neil Zabel		Joshua Olyslagers	Brad King (Ind)
		Kerry Rea			Darryl Rosin	Carolyn Ferrando	Greg Sowden (Ind) Utz Wellner (DLP)
		Jenny Peters		Andrew Laming	David Keogh	Karina Windolf	Dave Chidgey (ON) John Kent (DLP)
		Arch Bevis				Mark White	Ewan Saunders (SA)
			Kirsten Livermore		Paul Bambrick	Sandra Corneloup	Shane Guley (Ind) Steve Jeffery (SPA) Bevan Mowen (Ind)
					Jonathon Dykyj	Damian Herrington	Bill Ingrey (CEC)
		Fiona McNamara		Peter Dutton	David Colbert	Alan Revie	Bob Hunter (LDP) Rebecca Jenkinson (Ind)
		Rana Watson		Stuart Robert	Graeme Maizey	Barrie Nicholson	Ian Rossiter (ON)
		Dan McIntyre		Alex Somlyay	Narelle McCarthy	Ron Hunt
				Peter Slipper	Garry Claridge	Robyn Robertson
		Chris Trevor			Anne Goddard	Di Hancock-Mills	John McMahon (DLP) Duncan Scott (Ind)
		Brett Raguse			Petrina Maizey	Melissa Raassina
			Kevin Rudd	Rebecca Docherty	Emma-Kate Rose	Jesse Webb	Hamish Chitts (-) Jan Pukallus (CEC) Gregory Romans (LDP)
		Chris Meibusch		Ian Macfarlane	Frida Forsberg	Rose Kirkwood	Rod Jeanneret (Ind)
					Michael Rubenach	Michael Punshon
		Belinda McNeven		Paul Neville	Jenny Fitzgibbon	Trevor Versace	Cy d'Oliveira (Ind) Adrian Wone (Ind)
		Andrew Turnour	Ed Morrison	Jess Jones	Fred Dykstra		Bob Katter (Ind)
		Jim Turnour			Neville St John Wood	Shannon McSweeney	Yodie Batzke (Ind) Steve Lane (Ind) Jen Sackley (Ind)
			Wayne Swan	Rod McGarvie	Andrew Jeremijenko	Andrew Herschell	Douglas Crowhurst (Ind)
		Jon Sullivan			Rod Blair	Claire McErlane	Bob Fox (Ind) Andrew Jackson (DLP) John Reece (Ind) Michael van Boeckel (Ind) Joshua van Veen (LDP)
		Geoff Keating		Bruce Scott	Grant Newson	Greg McKay	Charles Nason (Ind)
		Dan Byron			Ben O'Callaghan	Matthew Reeves
		Robert Hough		Steven Ciobo	Sally Spain	James Tayler
			Graham Perrett	Malcolm Cole	Elissa Jenkins	Steve Christian	Lee Nightingale (DLP)
			Bernie Ripoll		Des Hoban	Timothy Stieler
			Yvette D'Ath	Dean Teasdale	Peter Jeremijenko	Sally Vincent	Lawrence Addison (DLP) Gabriel Buckley (LDP)
			Craig Emerson	Luke Smith	Neil Cotter	Alexandra Todd
					Sandra Bayley	Allan Vincent	Michael Johnson (Ind)
		Nikolee Ansell		Warren Truss	Jim McDonald	Ken Herschell	Santo Ferraro (ON)
		Andrew Ramsay			Anna Bridle	Jeremy Fredericks	Ken Degen (Ind)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Greens candidate	FFP candidate	Other candidates
			Kate Ellis	Luke Westley	Ruth Beach	Sue Neal	Marie Nicholls (Dem) Christopher Steele (LDP) Gemma Weedall (SA)
		Simone McDonnell		Patrick Secker	Sean Moffat	Trevor Honeychurch	Steven Davies (TCS)
				Andrew Southcott	Fiona Blinco	Meredith Resce	Avi Chapman (SPA) Ray McGhee (Ind) Michael Noack (LDP) Thomas Salerno (Dem) Stephen Skillitzi (TCS)
				Rowan Ramsey	Andrew Melville-Smith	Sylvia Holland
			Steve Georganas	Jassmine Wood	Matt Fisher		Greg Croke (Dem) Adrian Paech (TCS)
			Amanda Rishworth	Chris Zanker	Palitja Moore	Geoff Doecke	Ron Baker (Dem)
			Tony Zappia	Liz Davies	Jasemin Rose	Mark Potter	Michael Gameau (LDP) Anton Horvat (ON) Wayne Rich (Dem) Robert Stewart (TCS)
		Sam Davis		Jamie Briggs	Diane Atkinson	Bruce Hicks	John Michelmore (TCS) Rebekkah Osmond (Dem) Andrew Phillips (Ind) Bill Spragg (Ind)
			Mark Butler	Nigel McKenna	Kalyna Micenko	Bruce Hambour
		Rick Sarre		Christopher Pyne	Peter Fiebig	Dale Clegg	Darren Andrews (Dem) Jess Clark (LDP) Jack King (ON)
			Nick Champion	David Strauss	Jane Alcorn	Paul Coombe	Darren Hassan (Dem)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
					Sancia Colgrave	Adrian Watts (CEC)
			Sid Sidebottom	Garry Carpenter	Scott Jordan
		Jonathan Jackson	Cameron Simpkins	Geoff Couser		Melanie Barnes (SA) Andrew Wilkie* (Ind)
			Julie Collins		Wendy Heatley	John Forster (Ind)
			Dick Adams		Karen Cassidy	Lucas Noyes (SPA)

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Greens candidate	FFP candidate	Other candidates
		Rupert Evans		Alan Tudge (Lib)	Salore Craig	Rachel Hanna
			Catherine King	Mark Banwell (Lib)	Belinda Coates	Jim Rainey
			Martin Ferguson	George Souris (Lib)	Alexandra Bhathal	Andrew Conlon	Con Sarazen (Dem)
			Steve Gibbons	Craig Hunter (Lib)	Kymberlie Dimozantos	Alan Howard
			Alan Griffin	Mike Kabos (Lib)	Stefan Zibell	Felicity Hemmersbach
			Maria Vamvakinou	Wayne Tseng (Lib)	Lenka Thompson	Jeff Truscott	Peter Byrne (SEP)
		Sami Hisheh		Tony Smith (Lib)	Brendan Powell	Daniel Harrison
			Anna Burke	John Nguyen (Lib)	Josh Fergeus	Phil Goodman	Nimrod Evans (SPA)
			Darren Cheeseman	Sarah Henderson (Lib)	Mike Lawrence	Anne Wojczuk	Sally-Anne Brown (Ind) Nathan Timmins (LDP)
			Richard Marles	Don Gibson (Lib)	Gavin Brown	Scott Amberley	Sue Bull (SA)
			Mike Symon	Phil Barresi (Lib)	David Howell	Peter Lake	Alex Norwick (AFP) Abraham Seviloglou (Ind) Benjamin Walsh (LDP)
		Helen Constas		Bruce Billson (Lib)	Simon Tiller	Yasmin de Zilwa
		Francis Gagliano-Ventura		Greg Hunt (Lib)	Bob Brown	Reade Smith
			Nicola Roxon	David McConnell (Lib)	Rod Solin	Liz Mumby	Tania Baptist (SEP) Ben Courtice (SA)
		Darren McCubbin		Darren Chester (Nat)	Michael Bond	Heath Jefferis	Ben Buckley (LDP)
		Nick Eden		Andrew Robb (Lib)	Neil Pilling	Anthony Forster
			Brendan O'Connor	Damon Ryder (Lib)	Steve Wilson	Sean Major
		Tony Clark		Kelly O'Dwyer (Lib)		Ashley Truter	David Fawcett (Ind)
			Anthony Byrne	Ricardo Balancy (Lib)	Frank di Mascolo	Ian George	Mark Hitchins (SPA)
			Simon Crean	Fazal Cader (Lib)	Geoff Payne	Gary Ong	Trent Reardon (SPA)
		Zuvele Leschen		Sophie Mirabella (Lib)	Jenny O'Connor	Robert Cavedon	Mark Carey (Dem) Alan Lappin (Ind)
			Mark Dreyfus	Dale McClelland (Lib)	Chris Carman	Heather Wheatley	Gordon Ford (Ind)
			Jenny Macklin	Johannes Bauch (Lib)	Chris Kearney	Joe Sgarlata	Peter Harris (SPA)
		Steven Hurd		Josh Frydenberg (Lib)	Des Benson	John Laidler
			Julia Gillard	Sheridan Ingram (Lib)	Peter Taylor	Lori McLean	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Joanne Clarke (Ind) Van Rudd (-) Brian Shaw (Ind) Paul Sheehan (SPA)
				Jason Wood (Lib)	Jim Reiher	David Barrow	Shem Bennett (LDP) Martin Leahy (ASP)
		Bob Scates		John Forrest (Nat)	Helen Healy	Carl Carter
			Bill Shorten	Conrad D'Souza (Lib)	Tim Long	Colin Moyle	Robert Livesay (Dem)
				Cameron Caine (Lib)	Steve Meacher	Belinda Clarkson	Mark Bini (LDP) Robert Gordon (SPA)
		Christine Maxfield		Russell Broadbent (Lib)	Malcolm McKelvie	Linden Stokes	Leigh Gatt (Ind)
		Cath Bowtell	Simon Olsen (Lib)			Georgia Pearson	David Collyer (Dem) Penelope Green (SPA) Joel Murray (ASP)
			Michael Danby	Kevin Ekendahl (Lib)	Sue Plowright	Daniel Emmerson	Gregory Storer (SPA) Christian Vega (ASP)
		Joy Banerji		Kevin Andrews (Lib)	Chris Padgham	Ken Smithies
		Hugh Mortensen		Sharman Stone (Lib)	Ian Christoe	Serena Moore	Will Clarke-Hannaford (SPA) Jeff Davy (CEC) Ewan McDonald (CDP)
			Harry Jenkins	Max Williams (Lib)	Gurm Sekhon	Ivan Straton
		Judith McNamara		Dan Tehan (Lib)	Lisa Owen	Jahzeel Concepcion	Ralph Leutton (Ind) Allan Marsh (Ind) Robert O'Brien (Ind) James Purcell (Ind) Katrina Rainsford (Ind)
			Kelvin Thomson	Claude Tomisich (Lib)	Mark Riley	Daniel Mumby	Trent Hawkins (SA) Craig Isherwood (CEC) Paul Roberton (Dem)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Greens candidate	FFP candidates	CDP candidates	Other candidates
			Gary Gray	Donna Gordin	Dawn Jecks	Andrew Newhouse	Bob Burdett
				Don Randall	Denise Hardie	Darren Vernede	Jamie van Burgel	Ian Tuffnell (CEC)
				Luke Simpkins	Rob Phillips	Alan Leach	David Kingston
		Sophie van der Merwe		Julie Bishop	George Crisp		Pat Seymour
				Barry Haase	Julie Matheson	Jane Foreman	Mac Forsyth	Lynne Craigie (Nat)
				Nola Marino	Luke Petersen	Bev Custers	Lee Herridge	John Hill (Nat)
			Melissa Parke		Kate Davis	Larry Parsons	Scott Robertson	Sanna Andrew (SA) Keith McEncroe (DLP)
		Sharryn Jackson			Glenice Smith	Jim McCourt	Linda Brewer	Dot Henry (Ind) Andrew Middleton (TCS)
		Jeremy Brown		Mal Washer	Sheridan Young	Paul Barrett	Meg Birch	George Gault (ON)
		Ian Bishop	Wilson Tuckey	Andrew Huntley	Pat Scallan	Jacky Young		Tony Crook (Nat) Jean Robinson (CEC) Neil Smithson (Ind) Geoffrey Stokes (Ind)
				Judi Moylan	Toni Warden	Ian Rose	Janet Broadstock	Darren Moir (Nat) Chris Pepper (CEC)
			Stephen Smith	Joe Ferrante	Jonathan Hallett	Nigel Irvine	Paul Connelly	Alex Bainbridge (SA)
		Louise Durack		Michael Keenan	Chris Martin	Peter Clifford	Jenny Whately	Elizabeth Re (Ind)
				Steve Irons	Rebecca Leighton	Barry Drennan	Steve Klomp	Joe Lopez (SEP) Bret Treasure (ASP)
		David Doepel		Dennis Jensen	Peter Best	Moyna Rapp	Ka-ren Chew

Senate

Sitting senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Mark Arbib (Labor), Doug Cameron (Labor), Helen Coonan (Liberal), Marise Payne (Liberal), Ursula Stephens (Labor) and John Williams (National) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	CDP candidates	FFP candidates
valign=top	John Faulkner Matt Thistlethwaite Steve Hutchins Anne Murnain Fiona Seaton Hugh McDermott	valign=top	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) Bill Heffernan (Lib) Fiona Nash (Nat) Hollie Hughes (Lib) Joe Dennis (Nat) George Bilic (Lib)	valign=top	Lee Rhiannon Keith McIlroy Brami Jegatheeswaran Harriett Swift Simone Morrissey Dominic Kanak	valign=top	Paul Green Robyn Peebles Elaine Nile	valign=top	Greg Swane Phil Lamb
Democrats candidates	One Nation candidates	CEC candidates	LDP candidates	SA candidates
valign=top	Fiona Clancy Jen Mitchell	valign=top	Andrew Webber John Brett	valign=top	Robert Butler Ian McCaffrey	valign=top	Glenn Druery Lucy Gabb Peter Stitt	valign=top	Rachel Evans Soubhi Iskander
DLP candidates	Sex Party candidates	SFP candidates	Carers candidates	Climate Sceptics candidates
valign=top	Simon McCaffrey Martin Cullen	valign=top	Marianne Leishman Huw Campbell Larissa Zimmerman	valign=top	Jim Muirhead Alistair McGlashan	valign=top	Marylou Carter Maree Buckwalter	valign=top	Bill Koutalianos Geoffrey Brown
Secular candidates	SEP candidates	NCPP candidates	Senator On-Line candidates	Communist candidates
valign=top	Ian Bryce Lyle Warren	valign=top	Nick Beams Gabriela Zabala	valign=top	Andy Thompson Roland Foster	valign=top	Wes Bas Brianna Roach	valign=top	Geoff Lawler Brenda Kellaway
BAP candidates	Group B candidates	Group C candidates	Group D candidates	Group H candidates
valign=top	Ray Brown Michael O'Donnell	valign=top	Robert Hodges Bob Frier	valign=top	Tony Robinson Noel Selby	valign=top	Darrin Hodges Nick Folkes	valign=top	Nadia Bloom Bede Ireland
Group K candidates	Group L candidates	Group R candidates	Group T candidates	Group X candidates
valign=top	Meg Sampson June Hinchliffe	valign=top	Leon Belgrave Janos Beregszaszi	valign=top	David Barker S. G. Zureik	valign=top	William Bourke Mark O'Connor	valign=top	Jennifer Stefanac Tucky Cooley
Group AB candidates	Group AE candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Michael Eckford Criselee Stevens	valign=top	Cheryl Kernot Simon Cant	valign=top	Hamish Richardson Norman Hooper Stewart Scott-Irving Bryan Pape Andrew Whalan	valign=top		valign=top

Northern Territory

Two Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Queensland

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal National Party was defending four seats. Senators Ron Boswell (Liberal National), Sue Boyce (Liberal National), Mark Furner (Labor), John Hogg (Labor), Ian Macdonald (Liberal National) and Claire Moore (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	LNP candidates	Greens candidates	FFP candidates	Democrats candidates
valign=top	Joe Ludwig Jan McLucas David Smith Shannon Fentiman	valign=top	George Brandis Barnaby Joyce Brett Mason Russell Trood Julie Boyd	valign=top	Larissa Waters Elizabeth Connors Jenny Stirling	valign=top	Wendy Francis Peter Findlay Amanda Nickson	valign=top	Paul Stevenson Jennifer Cluse
CDP candidates	DLP candidates	LDP candidates	Sex Party candidates	SA candidates
valign=top	Malcolm Brice Tony Vogel	valign=top	Tony Zegenhagen Angelique Barr Noel Jackson	valign=top	Jim Fryar Robert Fulton	valign=top	Desiree Gibson Tim Sheen	valign=top	Sam Watson David Lowe
One Nation candidates	Secular candidates	Carers candidates	CEC candidates	Senator On-Line candidates
valign=top	Rod Evans Ian Nelson	valign=top	Kat Alberts Peter Shelton	valign=top	Anne Vetter Vicki Horne	valign=top	Robert Thies Maurice Hetherington	valign=top	Scott Reading Joh Embrey
SFP candidates	Australia First candidates	Climate Sceptics candidates	AFLP candidates	Group C candidates
valign=top	Andrew Peter Chris Huggett	valign=top	Peter Schuback Nick Maine	valign=top	Terence Cardwell Lance Jones	valign=top	Keith Douglas Michael Mansfield	valign=top	Paul Spencer Mary Spencer
Group F candidates	Group G candidates	Group I candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	John Pyke Christopher Tooley	valign=top	E-Jay Lindsay-Park Lachlan Guerin	valign=top	Russell Wattie John Dowell	valign=top	Mark White Don Bambrick Mark Smith Jarrod Wirth Peter Pyke Maurie Carroll

South Australia

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Cory Bernardi (Liberal), Simon Birmingham (Liberal), Don Farrell (Labor), Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens), Nick Xenophon (Independent) and Penny Wong (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	FFP candidates	Democrats candidates
valign=top	Alex Gallacher Anne McEwen Dana Wortley	valign=top	Mary Jo Fisher Sean Edwards David Fawcett Peter Salu	valign=top	Penny Wright Sandy Montgomery Jeremy Miller	valign=top	Bob Day Andrew Cole Thea Hennessey	valign=top	Jeanie Walker Andrew Castrique
DLP candidates	CDP candidates	One Nation candidates	LDP candidates	Sex Party candidates
valign=top	Paul Russell David McCabe	valign=top	Joseph Stephen Frank Revink	valign=top	Robert Edmonds Peter Fitzpatrick	valign=top	Nick Kerry Megan Clark	valign=top	Ari Reid Jason Virgo
SA candidates	Climate Sceptics candidates	Carers candidates	Senator On-Line candidates	SFP candidates
valign=top	Renfrey Clarke Ruth Ratcliffe	valign=top	Leon Ashby Nathan Ashby	valign=top	Garry Connor Angela Groves	valign=top	Simon Lang Jamie Dawson	valign=top	Steve Larsson Robert Borsak
BAP candidates	Secular candidates	Group B candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Bill Adams Neil Jackson	valign=top	Scott Sharrad Moira Clarke	valign=top	Mark Aldridge Christopher Cochrane	valign=top	Michelle Drummond	valign=top

Tasmania

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Greens were defending one seat. Senators Catryna Bilyk (Labor), Bob Brown (Greens), Carol Brown (Labor), David Bushby (Liberal), Richard Colbeck (Liberal) and Nick Sherry (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	FFP candidates	Democrats candidates
valign=top	Helen Polley Anne Urquhart Lisa Singh	valign=top	Eric Abetz Stephen Parry Guy Barnett	valign=top	Christine Milne Peter Whish-Wilson Penelope Ann	valign=top	Jim Zubic Hamish Woodcock	valign=top	Paulene Hutton Timothy Neal
DLP candidates	SFP candidates	Senator On-Line candidates	Secular candidates	Climate Sceptics candidates
valign=top	Mishka Gora Margaret Williams	valign=top	Ray Williams Jeff Blackmore	valign=top	Julie Murray Sven Wiener	valign=top	Jeff Keogh Jin-oh Choi	valign=top	Frank Waller Sally Costella
Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Dino Ottavi	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

Victoria

Six Senate places are up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. The Family First Party was defending one seat. Senators Jacinta Collins (Labor), David Feeney (Labor), Mitch Fifield (Liberal), Helen Kroger (Liberal), Gavin Marshall (Labor) and Scott Ryan (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	FFP candidates	Democrats candidates
valign=top	Kim Carr Stephen Conroy Antony Thow Marg Lewis Shelly Freeman	valign=top	Michael Ronaldson (Lib) Bridget McKenzie (Nat) Julian McGauran (Lib) Susan Jennison (Lib)	valign=top	Richard Di Natale Janet Rice Nam Bui Jen Hargrave Julie Rivendell Liezl Shnookal	valign=top	Steve Fielding Gary Plumridge Ann Bown Seeley Yuli Goh Joyce Khoo	valign=top	Roger Howe Rick Westgarth
One Nation candidates	CEC candidates	LDP candidates	SA candidates	Sex Party candidates
valign=top	Rosalyn Townsend Phillip Townsend	valign=top	Doug Mitchell Katherine Isherwood	valign=top	Ross Currie Graeme Klass	valign=top	Margarita Windisch Sharon Firebrace Ron Guy	valign=top	Fiona Patten Emma Wilson Katie Blakey
Carers candidates	BAP candidates	Climate Sceptics candidates	DLP candidates	CDP candidates
valign=top	Christopher Monteagle Wendy Peacock	valign=top	Darren Evans Sam White	valign=top	Chris Dawson Lee Holmes	valign=top	John Madigan Geraldine Gonsalvez John Kavanagh	valign=top	Vickie Janson Ben Eddy-Veitz
SFP candidates	SEP candidates	Senator On-Line candidates	Secular candidates	Group B candidates
valign=top	Peter Kelly Alex Krstic	valign=top	Patrick O'Connor Keo Vongvixay	valign=top	Glenn Sargent Emma Wardle	valign=top	John Perkins Rosemary Sceats	valign=top	Joseph Toscano Jenny Warfe Andrew Sadauskas
Group U candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Stephen Mayne Paula Piccinini	valign=top	Grant Beale Glenn Shea	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

Western Australia

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat. Senators Mark Bishop (Labor), Michaelia Cash (Liberal), Alan Eggleston (Liberal), David Johnston (Liberal), Scott Ludlam (Greens) and Louise Pratt (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Greens candidates	FFP candidates
valign=top	Chris Evans Glenn Sterle Wendy Perdon Peter MacFarlane	valign=top	Mathias Cormann Chris Back Judith Adams Jane Mouritz Jonathan Huston	valign=top	John McCourt Ronnie Fleay Michael Rose	valign=top	Rachel Siewert Kado Muir Christine Cunningham	valign=top	Linda Rose Steve Fuhrmann
Democrats candidates	CDP candidates	CEC candidates	LDP candidates	Climate Sceptics candidates
valign=top	Paul Young Matthew Corica	valign=top	Trevor Young Lachlan Dunjey	valign=top	Judy Sudholz Stuart Smith	valign=top	Mark Walmsley Mark Dixon	valign=top	Beau Woods Heather Dewar
SFP candidates	Carers Alliance candidates	SA candidates	Secular candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Paul Peake Christine Peake	valign=top	Julie Gilmore Aileen Polain	valign=top	Ben Peterson Julie Gray	valign=top	Guy Curtis Andrew Thompson	valign=top	Elaine McNeill Joe Nardizzi
One Nation candidates	Sex Party candidates	Senator On-Line candidates	Group A candidates	Group B candidates
valign=top	Craig Bradshaw Bill Cook	valign=top	Justine Martin Mark Coleman	valign=top	Daniel Mayer Keturah Hoffman	valign=top	Anthony Fels Felly Chandra	valign=top	Paddy Embry Juanita Finnegan
Group U candidates	Group V candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Gerry Georgatos Bill Hayward Marianne Mackay Lara Menkens	valign=top	Scott Cowans John Goodlad James Versteegen	valign=top	Rosemary Steineck	valign=top		valign=top

Summary by party

Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the Senate election in the respective state.

Party	NSW		Vic		Qld		WA		SA		Tas		ACT		NT		Total
	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	48		37		30		15		11		5		2		2		150	8
Liberal Party of Australia	41		35				15		11		5		2				109	6
Liberal National Party					30												30	1
National Party of Australia	10		2				4										16	3
Country Liberal Party															2		2	1
Australian Greens	48		37		30		15		11		5		2		2		150	8
Family First Party	16		37		30		14		11								108	6
Christian Democratic Party	26		1				15										42	5
Australian Democrats	12		5						8								25	8
Liberal Democratic Party	9		5		4				4								22	5
One Nation	14				3		1		2						1		21	5
Secular Party of Australia	6		9		1				1		1		1				19	6
Citizens Electoral Council	2		2		2		3				1				2		12	5
Socialist Alliance	4		3		1		2		1		1						12	5
Socialist Equality Party	7		2				1										10	2
Democratic Labor Party					6		1										7	6
The Climate Sceptics	1						1		5								7	6
Australian Sex Party	2		3				1										6	6
Australia First Party	4		1														5	1
Carers Alliance	3																3	5
Building Australia Party	3																3	3
Non-Custodial Parents Party	2																2	1
Communist Alliance	1																1	1
Shooters and Fishers Party																		7
Senator On-Line																		6
Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party																		1
Independent and other	40		15		21		4		3		2				2		87

Unregistered parties and groups

Some parties and groups that did not qualify for registration with the Australian Electoral Commission nevertheless endorsed candidates, who appeared on the ballot papers as independent or unaffiliated candidates.

• The Australian Protectionist Party endorsed Andrew Phillips in Mayo and Group D for the Senate in New South Wales.^[33]
• The Republican Democrats endorsed Group AB for the Senate in New South Wales and ungrouped candidate Peter Pyke for the Senate in Queensland.^[34]
• The Stable Population Party of Australia endorsed Group T for the Senate in New South Wales.^[35]
• The Reconcile Australia Party endorsed Group X for the Senate in New South Wales.^[36]
• WA First endorsed Group V for the Senate in Western Australia.^[37]
• The First Nations Political Party (FNPP) endorsed Kenny Lechleitner in Lingiari and ungrouped candidate Maurie Ryan for the Senate in the Northern Territory.^[38]
• The Ecology, Social Justice, Aboriginal Party, affiliated with the FNPP, endorsed Dot Henry in Hasluck,^[39] Geoffrey Stokes in O'Connor and Group U for the Senate in Western Australia.^[40]
• The Revolutionary Socialist Party endorsed Hamish Chitts in Griffith and Van Rudd in Lalor.^[41]
• The Communist League endorsed Ronald Poulsen in Blaxland.^[42]
• Stop Population Growth Now endorsed Bill Spragg in Mayo.^[43]

See also

• 2010 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2007–2010
• Members of the Australian Senate, 2008–2011
• List of political parties in Australia
• Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives

External links

• Australian Electoral Commission
• ABC Election Guide 2010

Notes and References

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2. News: Chalmers, Emma . Labor's James Bidgood to quit Dawson . 5 February 2010 . 26 July 2010 . . 3 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603125408/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/labors-james-bidgood-to-quit-dawson/story-e6freoof-1225826974018 . live .
3. News: Bass MP Jodie Campbell to quit . . 30 October 2009 . 26 July 2010 . 26 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101026080155/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/30/2728195.htm . live .
4. News: Kevin Rudd announces reshuffle . 6 June 2009 . 6 June 2009 . . 29 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729201148/http://www.smh.com.au/national/kevin-rudd-announces-reshuffle-20090606-bz0v.html . live .
5. News: Ellis follows McMullan into retirement . ABC News . . 22 January 2010 . 26 July 2010 . 26 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126095905/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/22/2798889.htm? . live .
6. News: Levy, Megan . Throsby MP Jennie George to retire . . 19 November 2009 . 26 July 2010 . 24 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100824222951/http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/politics/throsby-mp-jennie-george-to-retire/1681991.aspx . live .
7. News: Retiring MP takes aim at factional warlords . ABC News . . 14 September 2009 . 26 July 2010 . 3 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100203185716/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/14/2685827.htm? . live .
8. News: Duncan Kerr to retire from politics . . 10 September 2009 . 26 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090911184602/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26053696-5013871,00.html . 11 September 2009 . dead .
9. News: McMullan to quit politics . . 19 January 2010 . 26 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100120082225/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/mcmullan-to-quit-politics/1728635.aspx . 20 January 2010 . dead.
10. News: Belinda Neal loses preselection vote . . 6 March 2010 . 23 June 2010 . 15 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100615150950/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/belinda-neal-loses-preselection-vote-20100306-ppkz.html . live .
11. News: Neal loses preselection challenge . ABC News . . 23 June 2010 . 8 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100308100327/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/06/2838498.htm . live .
12. News: Kerr, Christian . Belinda Neal loses pre-selection . . 6 March 2010 . 23 June 2010.
13. News: I won't stand as independent in Robertson: Belinda Neal . . 29 July 2010 . 29 July 2010 . 1 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801214113/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/i-wont-stand-as-independent-in-robertson-belinda-neal-20100729-10wp5.html . live .
14. News: Coorey, Phillip . Labor's Price to resign at next election . . 20 March 2010 . 26 July 2010 . 22 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100322193504/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/labors-price-to-resign-at-next-election-20100319-qmaa.html . live .
15. News: Tanner to stand down . Rodgers, Emma . . 24 June 2010 . 24 May 2010 . 25 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100625215417/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/24/2936172.htm . live .
16. News: Salusinszky, Imre . Senator Michael Forshaw cedes to party boss . . 2 March 2010 . 26 July 2010.
17. News: Labor Senator Annette Hurley decides not to seek re-election . . 1 July 2010 . 26 July 2010 . 3 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003052240/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/labor-senator-annette-hurley-decides-not-to-seek-re-election/story-fn5rizbk-1225886871019 . live .
18. News: Senator blames Labor's left faction for preselection failure . ABC News . . 10 April 2010 . 30 July 2010 . 29 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100729215052/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/10/2869248.htm . live .
19. Web site: Voting in Tasmania, 2010 . . 30 July 2010 . 30 July 2010 . 2 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100802065128/http://www.aec.gov.au/election/tas/index.htm#sen . live .
20. News: Fran Bailey announces retirement . ABC News . . 7 October 2009 . 4 June 2010 . 1 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100201085129/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/07/2707402.htm . live .
21. News: Ward, Matthew . Community calls Pat Farmer to contest Camden . Macarthur Chronicle . 15 February 2010 . 2 May 2010 . 6 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706113418/http://macarthur-chronicle-camden.whereilive.com.au/news/story/community-calls-pat-farmer-to-contest-camden/ . live .
22. News: Georgiou, the party conscience, to quit . . 21 November 2008 . 22 November 2008 . Melbourne . Michael . Gordon . 2 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131129/http://www.theage.com.au/national/georgiou-the-party-conscience-to-quit-20081121-6e4w.html . live.
23. News: Long-serving Liberal member for Wannon to quit . . 31 May 2009 . 1 June 2009 . Melbourne . Michelle . Grattan . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923224540/https://www.theage.com.au/national/longserving-liberal-member-for-wannon-to-quit-20090531-brq2.html . live.
24. News: Lyons, Niki . Lindsay quits politics . . 27 January 2010 . 26 July 2010 . 17 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101117192651/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/27/2802097.htm . live .
25. News: Another federal Liberal MP to retire . . 15 August 2009 . 14 August 2009 . 17 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090817213031/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/another-federal-liberal-mp-to-retire-20090814-el33.html . live .
26. News: Liberal frontbencher Chris Pearce to quit politics . . 23 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090626074731/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C25676850-2862%2C00.html . 26 June 2009.
27. News: Danna Vale to quit politics at next poll . . 4 August 2009 . Melbourne . 26 July 2010 . 13 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090813004427/http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/danna-vale-to-quit-politics-at-next-poll-20090804-e8iu.html . live .
28. Web site: Retirement of Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson . The Hon Tony Abbott, MHR - Leader of the Opposition (Media Release) . 3 April 2010 . 26 July 2010 . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923224521/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/BR2W6/upload_binary/br2w60.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22LEADER%20OF%20THE%20OPPOSITION%20lpa%20o-s%22 . live .
29. News: Minchin to quit politics . ABC News . . 24 March 2010 . 26 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100326223741/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/24/2854853.htm . live .
30. News: Liberal Party: Retirement of Judith Troeth . . 26 July 2010 . 2 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091002024139/http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=2409 . live .
31. News: Libs lose a small-l as Troeth goes . . 15 January 2009 . Melbourne . Sarah . Smiles . Marc . Moncrief . 26 July 2010 . 2 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102201559/http://www.theage.com.au/national/libs-lose-a-smalll-as-troeth-goes-20090114-7h3n.html . live.
32. News: Nationals MP Kay Hull won't contest seat of Riverina at Federal election . Herald Sun . 6 April 2010 . 6 April 2010 . 14 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614125920/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/nationals-mp-kay-hull-wont-contest-seat-of-riverina-at-federal-election/story-e6frf7jx-1225850635533 . live .
33. Web site: Australian Protectionist Party. Australian Protectionist Party. Congratulations to the APP candidates. 24 September 2010. 1 April 2011. 20 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720073713/http://www.protectionist.net/2010/09/24/congratulations-to-the-app-candidates/. live.
34. Web site: Republican Democrats . Rep Dems challenge odds to field three Senate candidates . 30 July 2010 . 1 April 2011 .
35. Web site: Stable Population Party of Australia. Stable Population Party of Australia. 2010 Election Round-up. 23 August 2010. 1 April 2011. 15 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105641/http://www.populationparty.com/attachments/db/pop/40.pdf. live.
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37. Web site: WA First . Our candidates . 2010 . 1 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110907051758/http://wafirst.org/ . 7 September 2011.
38. News: Green Left Weekly. Greens Indigenous candidate to stand. Green Left Weekly. 1 August 2010.
39. Web site: Green. Antony. Antony Green. Hasluck. ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2010. 1 April 2011. 16 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110316005802/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/hasl.htm. live.
40. http://esjap.org.au/Media_Release_3.html Media Release
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42. Web site: Blaxland - 2010 Federal Election - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . . 12 December 2023 . 1 April 2011 . 19 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101119093422/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/blax.htm . live .
43. http://www.stoppopulationgrowthnow.com/newsletter2.pdf