| Riccardo Bosi | |
| Office: | Leader of Australia One |
| Term Start: | 5 October 2019 |
| Birth Name: | Riccardo Umberto Guerrino Bosi |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Party: | Australia One (2019−present) |
| Otherparty: | Australian Conservatives (2018−2019) |
Riccardo Umberto Guerrino Bosi (born 9 March 1960) is an Australian conservative activist, motivational speaker and a former Australian Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel. He is the founder of the Australia One political party.[1] [2]
Bosi was born and raised in Sydney. Both of his parents are Italian immigrants to Australia.[2]
Bosi ran in second place on the Australian Conservatives senate ticket in New South Wales at the 2019 federal election.[3] He was unsuccessful, with the party only receiving 0.49% of the vote.[3] Shortly after the election, he founded the Australia One Party.[2]
Bosi contested the 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election, receiving 513 votes (or 0.54%), the second-lowest of any candidate.[4] [5]
In 2021, Bosi was accused of breaching COVID-19 rules in South Australia.[6] During his hearing, he called an Magistrate Jack Fahey an "imbecile" and a "traitor". Bosi, who was appearing via phone, was hung up on.[6]
Bosi has been described by the Australian Associated Press as a "serial misinformation spreader" as a result of conspiracy theories he has promoted on social media.[7] They include claims that political parties are unconstitutional, that Ukraine is not a sovereign state, and that votes in the 2023 New South Wales state election would be tampered with.[8] [9] [10] He has appeared on InfoWars with Alex Jones.[11]
Bosi unsuccessfully contested the electorate of Greenway at the 2022 federal election, receiving 3.25% of the vote.[12] He later led a "Riccardo Bosi" ticket at the Legislative Council at the 2023 New South Wales state election, which received 0.78% of the vote.[13]
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| Leader: | Riccardo Bosi |
| Foundation: | 5 October 2019 |
| Ideology: | conservatism |
| Position: | Right-wing to far-right |
| Abbreviation: | A1 |
| Slogan: | "Our best future" |
Australia One (sometime stylised as AUSTRALIAONE and also known simply as A1) is an Australian political party founded by Bosi in October 2019.[2] The party has never been registered with any electoral commission at a state or federal level.[14]
Australia One endorsed candidates at the 2022 federal election, 2022 Victorian state election and 2023 New South Wales state election. They included Darren Bergwerf, another conspiracy theorist, who has run for the party twice. Bergwerf later founded My Place Australia.[15]
The party ran 18 candidates for the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2023 New South Wales state election.[1] They received 0.78% of the vote.[13]
Australia One should not be confused with the One Australia Party, which was founded in 1995 and deregistered in 1999.