Australian federal election, October 2020

The October 2020 Australian federal election was the 18th federal election in Australia. It was held on 10 October 2020.

Split of the Liberal National Party
After the loss of the Liberal National Party in the April 2020 Australian federal election, the party moved a motion of no confidence in Griffonomics, resulting in the election of PineappleCrusher as leader.

PineappleCrusher disappeared shortly after taking the throne, leading Griffonomics and other Liberal Senators to defect and form the United Australia Party. As tensions grew among the Liberal and National factions of the LNP, My13InchDuck, Winston_Wilhelmus and other members of the National faction left to form the Australia First Party.

With stranger195 and Walter_heisenberg2 left, the two MPs were helped by United Australia leadership team member TheAudibleAsh in forming a merger