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Wise move to bring commonsense back to politics

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02 May 2025, 11:00 PM

Wise move to bring commonsense back to politicsMelissa Wise. Photo: Supplied

Melissa Wise, the Trumpet of Patriots candidate for Gilmore, says her party wants to bring commonsense back into Australian politics.


The party, which is bankrolled by billionaire Clive Palmer, is shaping as a disruptor at Saturday’s election nationwide, and Wise is one of eight candidates standing for Gilmore.


Wise would like to clarify after incorrect information was distributed on her how-to-vote cards that she would be directing her preferences to Family First candidate Graham Brown, One Nation’s John Hawke and then Legalise Cannabis Party’s Adrian Carle.



She is putting Liberal hopeful Andrew Constance fifth, followed by independent Kate Dezarnaulds, The Greens’ Debbie Killian with Labor incumbent Fiona Phillips last.


“The Australian community needs a change. We need a change for good. We need a change of government,” she said.


“Trumpet of Patriots would be invested in this area in things we need. Housing, free university education and fast trains.


“I'd be focusing on the gaps in the system with domestic violence and working with the community with policing and working with different agencies that support women and children and men for domestic violence and working towards, on a federal level, the family law reform.



“And we would be investing in these critical issues, as well as the needs of the community.”


Wise believes the Trumpet of Patriots will cause a few surprises in the nationwide vote.


“We’re about helping everyday Australians and bringing back some commonsense to politics and that's what I'm about.


“I'm a trained flight attendant and I've worked a long time in the corporate world for 30 years so I can bring a different set of skills to politics that the everyday Australian can benefit from.


“I can offer my global thinking within the community.


“We need to bring things back on Australian soil and use the resources and community in Australia to work for Australians and focus on our national needs rather than shipping things overseas.


“I think we're going to go really well.”