North Queensland First

Political party

Politics of Queensland

North Queensland First was a political party founded and based in the state of Queensland by former Queensland MP for Whitsunday Jason Costigan.^[4] The party was created in late 2019 after Costigan was expelled from the Liberal National Party.^[5]

History

After being expelled by the Liberal National Party,^[6] Independent MP for Whitsunday, Jason Costigan created the North Queensland First Party.

In response to the foundation of the new political party, Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter said: "We are doers, we have left the others for dead in terms of what we have done. We can all talk a big game but it is about who will have a seat in Parliament."^[7]

As of 2023, the party's website is a dead link, although it previously redirected to the webpage of the Democratic Party of Queensland, another minor state-level party.^[8]

Objective

In the published constitution of the party, it states three objectives of the party:^[9]

(a) to promote and deliver Self-Government and Statehood for North Queensland;

(b) the election of MPs to the Queensland Parliament;

(c) to give specific voice in the Queensland Parliament to the desires and expectations of the people of North Queensland.

The party's website stated that "North Queensland First is a conservative, pro-North Queensland political party and believes that Queensland and Australia was founded on traditional Christian values, notwithstanding our respect for people from non-Christian backgrounds."^[10]

Electoral results

Legislative Assembly
Election year	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	seats won	+/–	Notes
2020	5,616	0.20 (10th)	0 / 93	1	Extra-parliamentary

References

^ "North Queensland First Constitution" (PDF). ECQ. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "THE FORMING OF NORTH QUEENSLAND FIRST". nqfirst.com.au. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "Political party registrations". Ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ Barry, Derek (2 September 2019). "Jason Costigan sets up North Queensland First party". The North West Star. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ Bavas, Josh (12 February 2019). "LNP outlines more harassment allegations against expelled north Queensland MP Jason Costigan". ABC. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ Bavas, Josh (1 February 2019). "LNP expels north Queensland MP Jason Costigan". ABC. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ Lynch, Lydia (2 September 2019). "'We can all talk a big game': Katter unafraid of new north Queensland party". The Brisbane Times. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Website". North Queensland First. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "North Queensland First Constitution" (PDF). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Home page". North Queensland First. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

Political parties in Australia

Parliamentary parties

Labor (H: 78, S: 26)
Coalition (H: 56, S: 32)
- Liberal (H: 26, S: 23)
- Liberal National (H: 21, S: 5)
- National (H: 9, S: 3)
- Country Liberal (S: 1)
Greens (H: 4, S: 11)
Lambie (S: 2)
One Nation (S: 2)
Centre Alliance (H: 1)
Katter (H: 1)
Pocock (S: 1)