North Queensland First
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North Queensland First | |
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| Abbreviation |
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| Leader | Jason Costigan |
| President | Dick Filewood |
| Secretary | Ange Nixon[2] |
| Founder | Jason Costigan |
| Founded | September 2019 |
| Registered | 31 October 2019[3] |
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Split from | Liberal National Party |
| Headquarters | Whitsundays, Queensland |
| Ideology | Regionalism North Queensland statehood Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Navy blue and yellow |
| Queensland Parliament | 1 / 93 (2019−2020) |
| Website | |
| https://www.nqfirst.com.au/ [dead link] | |
North Queensland First (NQ First) was an Australian political party founded and based in the state of Queensland by then-MP Jason Costigan.[4] The party was created in late 2019 after Costigan, who was serving as the member for Whitsunday in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, was expelled from the Liberal National Party.[5]
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]
