Nick Xenophon Team
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Nick Xenophon Team
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| Abbreviation | NXT |
| Leader | Nick Xenophon |
| Founded | 1 July 2013 |
| Ideology |
Centrism Social liberalism Populism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours |
Orange and Black |
| Slogan | Politics, done differently |
| House of Representatives |
1 / 150
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| Senate |
3 / 76
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| SA Legislative Council |
1 / 22
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| Website | |
| www.nxt.org.au | |
Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) is a centrist Australian political party founded by Senator Nick Xenophon on 1 July 2013 and which made its national debut at the 2016 federal election. Upon launching NXT, Xenophon said his motivation was "the electorate's lack of trust in politics and voter disillusionment".
The NXT ran candidates in most states and territories including all South Australian seats at the 2016 federal election. As the election was a double dissolution the Senate electoral quota of 14.3 percent was halved to 7.7 percent. Though NXT's South Australian Senate primary vote was reduced to 21.7 percent, the halved Senate quota resulted in three successful NXT candidates in the upper house alone, electing Xenophon and Stirling Griff for six-year terms and Skye Kakoschke-Moore for a three-year term. NXT was also successful in the South Australian Division of Mayo in the lower house, electing Rebekha Sharkie. NXT failed to poll well or gain seats in any state outside of SA.
On 5 March 2017, Xenophon announced that NXT would change its name in time for the next South Australian election (due in March 2018). The party will become known as SA Best in South Australia. It is also expected that the federal NXT party will change its name. This signals a change in focus with the rebranded party to focus on SA instead of Australia. "Forget the rest, vote SA Best".
The preceding ticket for the NXT was the Independent "No Pokies" ticket that ran in South Australian state elections from 1997 to 2006, which elected Xenophon from 1997 and another from 2006. The 2013 federal election saw independent "Nick Xenophon Group", with Xenophon as the lead candidate, win 24.9 percent of the statewide upper house vote in South Australia. This was an unprecedented result for a non-major party with Nick Xenophon Group out polling the Australian Labor Party to come in second behind the Liberal Party of Australia, which won office. Although Xenophon was re-elected his running mate, Stirling Griff, narrowly missed out to Family First's Bob Day.
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