14 Facts About Danny Nalliah

Daniel "Danny" Nalliah was born on 1964 and is a Sri Lankan Australian evangelical Christian pastor.

Danny Nalliah was the leader of the now-dissolved Rise Up Australia political party and is the president of Catch the Fire Ministries.

Danny Nalliah used to be associated with the Australian Christian Churches.

Danny Nalliah was introduced to the "ways of God" by an Australian missionary.

Danny Nalliah worked as an underground missionary in Saudi Arabia before migrating to Australia in 1997.

Danny Nalliah asserts that he witnessed the healing of blind, deaf and crippled people at his prayer sessions and claims that a dead girl was resurrected after he prayed for her.

Danny Nalliah publicly condemned the verdict and declared his intention to continue fighting the case, potentially as far as the High Court of Australia.

Danny Nalliah found that financial compensation would be inappropriate but ordered Nalliah and Scot to take out newspaper advertisements to the value of $68,690 that summarised the findings in the case.

Danny Nalliah criticised the ruling, comparing the legislation to "sharia law by stealth".

Danny Nalliah said that he would rather go to jail than comply with the ruling.

In November 2004, Danny Nalliah campaigned for a seat in the Australian Senate as a candidate of the Family First Party.

Danny Nalliah was slotted second on the party's Victorian Senate list but failed to be elected.

In late October 2009, the Family First parliamentary leader, Senator Steve Fielding, noted that after the incident cited above Danny Nalliah was asked to leave the party and did so.

On 22 June 2011, Danny Nalliah launched a new political party, Rise Up Australia, which he leads.