Sarah Game
Australian politician
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Sarah Leslie Game is an Australian politician who has served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 2022. She was the first member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation elected to the Parliament of South Australia, but resigned from the party in May 2025 to become an Independent. In July 2025 she founded a new party, registered as "Sarah Game Fair Go for Australians", usually abbreviated to Fair Go for Australians.
(since 24 July 2025)
affiliationsIndependent
(17 May 2025 – 24 Jul 2025)
One Nation
(19 Mar 2022 – 17 May 2025)
Sarah Game | |
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| Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | John Darley |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Sarah Game Fair Go for Australians (since 24 July 2025) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (17 May 2025 – 24 Jul 2025) One Nation (19 Mar 2022 – 17 May 2025) |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation |
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| Website | sarahgame |
Early life and education
Sarah Leslie Game[1] Game grew up in a "separated family" in Sydney, New South Wales.[2]
She studied veterinary medicine at the University of Sydney, graduating with First Class Honours in 2006.
Career
Early career
After graduating, Game moved to the UK to work as a vet, where she transitioned into a second career in teaching biology.[3][4][4]
After returning to Australia in 2016, she lived in Adelaide. She was a veterinarian in a practice at South Brighton, a coastal suburb of Adelaide, from July 2021, using the name Sarah Wareing.[3]
Political career and views
Game was One Nation's first member of the South Australian Parliament.[5][6]
She has stated that she does not support the banning of foreign language teaching in schools, which had been a One Nation policy before the 2022 election, and that she does not hold to strict interpretations of complex personal issues relating to abortion and transgender issues.[2] She has Jewish heritage and was confirmed Catholic. She had stated "my values are Christian, [but] I don’t align myself now with any particular religion".[2] When she was sworn into the Legislative Council, Game chose to use the affirmation rather than a religious oath.[2]
In her inaugural speech to parliament, she declared her support for "sustainable, cohesive immigration to Australia".[7] David Ettridge, a founding member of One Nation, responded by claiming that Game held "Greens values" that could prompt a split from the party, adding "this is not what One Nation voters voted for".[8]
In 2022, Game supported moves to ban the Nazi Swastika.[9][10][11]
Game has expressed her opposition to legislation that would establish an "Indigenous voice to parliament" in South Australia, saying it would divide South Australians based on race, and that One Nation wants "real tangible benefits for all disadvantaged Australians".[12] After the unsuccessful 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, Game announced plans to introduce a bill to repeal the South Australian state based Voice with the First Nations Voice Act 2023 bill.[13]
On the evening of 16 October 2024, Game was accused of misleading Liberal MLC Michelle Lensink over the SA abortion amendment bill. Lensink who was on leave for cancer treatment, accused Game of lying to her about "pairing" on the bill, which would have seen Lensink's missed vote cancelled out. Game later claimed that no such deal had been made, as the vote was too important to her.[14]
In May 2025, Game resigned from One Nation to sit as an independent.[15] She blamed the way the One Nation brand is perceived and declared she wants to "advocate for all South Australians, regardless of their heritage or religious beliefs".[16] Her mother, who had been leader of the state branch, also left the party,[17] having been denied preselection for the 2026 state election.[18][19] Pauline Hanson labelled Game as "lazy" as a result of her defection.[20]
Fair Go for Australians Party
In August 2025, she launched a new political party titled "Sarah Game Fair Go for Australians" which was registered with the Electoral Commission of South Australia on 24 July 2025.[21][22] On 5 December 2025, she was removed from the party for non-payment of membership dues.[23][further explanation needed] The party, which is contesting the 2026 South Australian state election, is usually abbreviated to "Fair Go Australia" or just "Fair Go".[24]
Prominent members of the party include former Adelaide Crows football player Chris McDermott, who is standing as the candidate for the electorate of Dunstan in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide.[24]
Personal life
At the time of her election in 2022, Game had three young children, and was raising them as a single parent.[2]
Game's father, Robert Game, died by suicide on 2 February 2023. Following his death, Game voiced her support for increased access to mental health resources, particularly in regional South Australia.[25]