Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Nick Xenophon
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) is to this election what the Palmer United Party (PUP) was to the 2013 one. It is potentially the next big new thing in the Senate.
PUP in 2013 won three Senate seats – in Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia – and one in the House of Representatives. NXT, on current polling, is set for at least three...