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The Guardian // World

Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots fails to pick up single lower house seat despite text spam and ad blitz

Sunday 4th May 2025, 7:37AM

Minor party will not win a House of Representatives seat and its performance in the Senate is still unknown after spending millions on advertisingSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email,free app or daily news podcastWhat does spending tens of millions of dollars on advertising and bombarding people with unsolicited text messages get you? Nothing, if you’re Clive Palmer – at least in the House of Representatives.Trumpet of Patriots, Palmer’s most recent political party, will not win a single lower house seat and, as of midday on Saturday, had only 1.85% of the national vote. Legalise Cannabis Australia, which spent just $6,200 on social media ads in the last 30 days and barely campaigned, has so far won 1.14% of the vote.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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