Nick Xenophon
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Nick Xenophon is an Australian lawyer and former politician who was a Senator for South Australia from 2008 until 2017. As a centrist, populist, independent politician, he twice shared the balance of
Xenophon in 2009
Xenophon speaking to the media at Parliament House, Canberra, 2015
Xenophon in September 2008
Xenophon calling for a Royal Commission into the Australia-East Timor spying scandal in November 2015.
SA Best
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SA Best is a political party in South Australia. Founded in March 2017 by Australian senator Nick Xenophon as Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST, the party hoped to gain the balance of power at the 2018 South Au
Nick Xenophon
…most electorally successful independent politicians in Australian history, eventually able to form a political party: Nick Xenophon Team federally, and Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST in the state of South Australia. From 1997 to 2007, he was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council, serving as an independent on a No…
Nick Xenophon, founder of the party.
A key SA Best policy was to reduce the number of poker machines in South Australia.
Connie Bonaros was SA Best's last remaining MP, and lost her seat at the 2026 election.