ANALYSIS: 'There's no sugar coating it': Why Shooters Party will be firing blanks in the federal election
There's a good reason the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party will not replicate its NSW election successes at next month's federal vote — it has no cash, and no candidates.
Just weeks ago the Shooters were feeling bullish about their chances of getting a foothold in Canberra, after riding a wave of voter discontent in the bush toWith plans to capitalise on disillusionment with the Nationals and anger over water management issues, the party declared it"would give the federal election a shake".
Now NSW Shooters' leader Robert Borsak has confirmed it will only run one candidate in the federal election on May 18 — Orange councillor Sam Romano in the Nationals-held seat of"In a perfect world if we had the resources and the right candidates we'd definitely be running in more seats, but there's no sugar coating it, we don't have any of those," Mr Borsak said.
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