45 Facts About Jacqui Lambie

Jacqui Lambie is a Senator for Tasmania since 2019, and was previously a Senator from 2014 to 2017.

Jacqui Lambie was elected to the Senate at the 2013 federal election.

Jacqui Lambie was elected to a six-year term in her own right at the 2016 federal election.

Jacqui Lambie survived a challenge to his own eligibility, on a different constitutional ground, but refused to step down so as to create a casual Senate vacancy to which Lambie could be appointed.

Jacqui Lambie later expelled him from the party for disloyalty.

Jacqui Lambie was re-elected to the Senate at the 2019 election, and became a Senator for the second time on 1 July 2019.

Jacqui Lambie, a Palawa woman, was born in the town of Ulverstone in north-western Tasmania.

Jacqui Lambie's parents separated when she was 13, and she was raised in a public housing estate in Devonport, attending Devonport High School.

Jacqui Lambie was one of just four members of the 46th Parliament of Australia who did not graduate from high school, the others being Julie Collins, Llew O'Brien and Terry Young.

Jacqui Lambie completed her recruit training while unknowingly pregnant with her first child.

Jacqui Lambie's pregnancy was not recognised until four months later; army medical officers had attributed her menstruation stopping to the stress of training.

Jacqui Lambie remained with the Transport Corps for five years before being transferred to the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, where she worked for another five years, achieving the rank of Corporal.

Jacqui Lambie has since been an advocate for veterans with the Returned and Services League of Australia and involved in fundraising with the Burnie Chamber of Commerce, the Country Women's Association and Rotary.

Jacqui Lambie later applied for compensation for depression related to her back pain, which was initially rejected.

Jacqui Lambie fought the department's conclusion for five years, during which time she was accepted for a Centrelink disability pension.

In 2006, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal was about to rule on whether the video evidence was admissible in her case when DVA abandoned its use of the video and accepted that Jacqui Lambie was entitled to compensation.

Jacqui Lambie subsequently left the Liberal Party, saying that the Liberals are a "boys' club", and she joined to "infiltrate" them to see what she could learn about politics.

On 24 November 2014, Jacqui Lambie resigned from the Palmer United Party, announcing that she would remain in the Senate as an independent.

Jacqui Lambie's resignation followed several weeks of disagreements with party leader Clive Palmer.

Jacqui Lambie was re-elected to the Senate in the 2016 Australian federal election under the banner of her own party, the Jacqui Lambie Network.

On 14 November 2017, Jacqui Lambie announced her resignation from the Senate, after revealing she held both British and Australian nationality, prohibited under Section 44 of the Australian Constitution.

Jacqui Lambie stated in her resignation that she wished to return to federal politics, and that if Justine Keay was forced to resign from her seat of Braddon over her citizenship status, that she would consider running, but did not nominate for the 2018 Braddon by-election.

In 2018, the High Court ruled that Jacqui Lambie's running mate Steve Martin would replace her in the Senate, following a recount.

Jacqui Lambie expected Martin to immediately resign, which would have cleared the way for her to be appointed to fill the resulting casual vacancy and return to the Senate.

Jacqui Lambie claimed that "personal morality" and loyalty dictated that Martin stand down.

When Martin refused to do so, Jacqui Lambie expelled him from the party.

Jacqui Lambie was re-elected to the Senate at the 2019 election.

Jacqui Lambie even invited Setka over to her Tasmanian home for Sunday roast, in a bid to convince Setka to resign.

Jacqui Lambie eventually voted against the bill after her amendments were rejected by the government.

In 2020, Jacqui Lambie opposed the Liberal Party's university reform bill due to her belief it would harm the mental health and economic opportunities of low-income students.

In February 2016, Jacqui Lambie raised the matter of former soldiers who claim to have suffered abuse, calling for an inquiry into cover-ups and Lieutenant General David Morrison's involvement.

Jacqui Lambie later added Indonesia as a potential military threat.

In September 2014, Jacqui Lambie announced plans to introduce a private member's bill aimed at banning the burqa in Australia.

Jacqui Lambie called for deporting from Australia all Muslims who supported Sharia law, as well as deporting everyone on the ASIO terror watch list, or at least charging them with treason or sedition.

On 22 August 2024, Jacqui Lambie was accused by fellow Senator Mehreen Faruqi of anti Muslim sentiment during a parliamentary debate over Australia's granting of visas for Palestinians.

In 2020, Jacqui Lambie worked alongside the Greens in criticising a bill that would 'weaken' political donation laws.

Jacqui Lambie introduced a bill to the Australian Senate in February 2020 that proposes to tighten political donations laws.

In early 2020, Jacqui Lambie started a campaign to support Australian manufacturing with concerns about Australia's reliance on foreign imported products, she believes these concerns are a threat to Australia's economic sovereignty; magnified with the advent of COVID-19.

Jacqui Lambie gave birth to her first son Brentyn at age 18 in 1989, the product of her relationship with a high school boyfriend, after her enlistment for the Army.

Jacqui Lambie met John Milverton while working in the Royal Australian Corps of Transport.

Milverton and Jacqui Lambie separated shortly before her discharge from the Army in 2000.

Jacqui Lambie has stated that she was addicted to pain medication and attempted suicide once.

Jacqui Lambie has jokingly described her perfect man as having "heaps of cash" and "a package between their legs".

Jacqui Lambie's comments were met with much ire, and she later declared it to be her most embarrassing moment.

Jacqui Lambie later provided a family tree to ABC TV's Australian Story claiming descent from Margaret Briggs, a granddaughter of Mannalargenna who married into the Hite family.