Family First’s candidate for Farrer at the federal election, Rebecca Scriven, was quoted in Region Riverina about controversial wind farm developments. “We’ve been promised that renewables are going to be cheap, but they’ve shown to be anything but that.”

National Director Lyle Shelton’s comments about Kirralie Smith court loss were picked up by several LGBTIQA+ news outlets, including The Sydney Star Observer. “Sadly, Liberal and Labor politicians allow the law to be used vexatiously by anti-free speech activists. While these laws are often referred to as ‘hate speech laws’ they are in effect used to silence speech activists hate.”

National Director and NSW Upper House candidate Lyle Shelton spoke with Peter Andrea on radio 2ST about the party’s forced withdrawal from the Kiama by-election.

The ABC's election guru Antony Green explained the rule which prevented Family First, despite being registered, from standing in the Kiama by-election. Read his analysis here.