In October 2013, Ricky Muir announced that he would form a voting bloc in the Senate with the Palmer United Party's members.
18 Facts About Ricky Muir
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Ricky Muir failed to win re-election at the 2016 election, following a double dissolution which cut short his term in office.
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Ricky Muir joined the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party in 2017, standing unsuccessfully in the seat of Morwell at the 2018 Victorian state election.
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Ricky Muir was his party's lead Senate candidate in Victoria at the 2019 federal election.
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Ricky Muir grew up mainly in Stratford, completing most of his primary education at Boisdale Consolidated School with a short stint at Dargo, then later attending secondary school at Maffra Secondary College, leaving school in 1996.
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Ricky Muir worked for a leather company making car seats.
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Ricky Muir said that as a young man, he was interested in customising cars, but as he gained a family, he moved on to four-wheel drives as a way to explore the countryside.
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Ricky Muir wanted to keep the country open for four-wheel drives to explore.
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Ricky Muir was preselected for the election without having met the party leaders.
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Ricky Muir calls himself an "average Australian" and wanted to make "balanced decision which reflects on hopefully the everyday Australian".
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On 10 October 2013 Ricky Muir announced he would enter into an alliance with the Palmer United Party.
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Ricky Muir delivered his maiden speech on 5 March 2015.
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Ricky Muir stated that Druery did not "get along with the staff".
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Ricky Muir hired former New South Wales state politician Peter Breen to advise him on legislation, but sacked him on 6 August 2014.
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On 19 November 2014, Ricky Muir voted against changes to financial planning laws on which the Abbott government and Palmer United Party had reached agreement.
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Ricky Muir joined the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party in June 2017.
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Ricky Muir was the SFF lead candidate for the Senate in Victoria at the 2019 federal election.
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Ricky Muir is married to Kerrie-Anne Muir and they have five children.