Lambie broke and seeking election help

Senate campaign hits cash crisis

TASMANIAN Senate hopeful Jacqui Lambie is broke and asking her supporters to back her re-election campaign.

Ms Lambie, who has been off the public purse since resigning from the Senate during the dual citizenship saga in November, 2017, said in a newsletter her money had run out and it was “crunch time.”

“As you probably know, the federal election is due sometime in May,” she said.

“I’ve put every dollar I’ve saved into my campaign and we’ve run some radio ads and had some signs printed.

“But the JLN accounts are bare.

“I’m going to keep fighting until election day, even if it means going door to door to do it. But it’s hard to compete with the majors.

“We have so-called locals funded by mainland party powerbrokers to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars so that they can deliver a Tasmanian seat to mainland hands. And they’ll blanket the airwaves with ads, drowning out our message.

“So I’m hat in hand. If you can, please consider donating to our campaign. We’ll never match the millions spent by the majors, but if we can keep a presence in the media we can at least be in the fight.

“It’s crunch time. If you support the JLN now, I guarantee that me and my JLN team will support you every day for the next six years. Just like I did before.”

Ms Lambie will be fighting to regain her seat against former JLN member turned National Steve Martin, who took her seat after her resignation, independent Craig Garland and an array of established Liberal and Labor candidates.