Family First Party

The Family First Party is a political party in Australia. Although officially a secular party, it does have close links to the Pentecostal movement, and its social policies generally mirror conservative Christian values (which are not to be confused with politically conservative values). The party was founded in South Australia in time to contest the 2002 state elections, when Andrew Evans became its first MP, winning a seat in the South Australian Legislative Council. In the October 2004 federal election it contested seats all over Australia, and its preferences assisted the re-election of a number of Liberal candidates. The party's leader is Steve Fielding, a Victorian elected to the Australian Senate in 2004.

External links

• Family First Party website
• Family First policies
• Family First family policy (PDF)
• AEC Party Registration page for Family First
• Paradise Community Church - birthplace of Family First
• ABC RN report
• The people behind Family First
• Crikey Media's Family First files
• One AoG member's view of party
• Anti-Andrew Evans site
• Pre-2004 election review of some Family First candidates
• ABC Radio National transcript of The Religion Report - featuring Peter Harris and Andrew Evans
• Google cache of Signposts article on both Victorian Senate candidates for 2004