Former One Nation leader takes a shot at state’s most controversial seat
Sarah Game’s mother is throwing her hat into the ring in one of the state’s most talked about state election seats, one opponent saying “the more candidates the better”.
Former One Nation candidate Jennifer Game is running in the upcoming state election as a candidate for her daughter’s party, Sarah Game Fair Go for Australians party.
Jennifer Game will run in the crowded field for the seat of Black against seven other candidates, including sitting Labor member Alex Dighton, Rhees Bishop for the SA Liberals and disgraced former Opposition Leader David Speirs.
Both Jennifer and Sarah Game sensationally quit One Nation last year, with Sarah Game saying stereotypes associated with the party had been “very limiting”.
Jennifer Game was the former leader of One Nation in South Australia and previously ran in the seat of Mawson in the 2022 state election, as well as its Senate candidate in the 2025 federal election.
Game quit the party after not being selected as One Nation’s lead upper house candidate at the upcoming state election – with federal One Nation leader Pauline Hanson claiming her daughter Sarah had left the party over fears her mother would “stop looking after her children”.
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InDaily was told that neither Sarah nor Jennifer Game were available for comment today on their new party’s bid for the seat of Black.
One Nation declined to comment about the latest state election campaign development.
While the Labor government’s spokesperson said Dighton “is an excellent representative for the people of Black”, saying “our focus is on supporting Alex Dighton”.
“He has a strong record in delivering for his constituents, including a 24-hour pharmacy in Hallett Cove, and if re-elected, $5 million towards Cove Sports and Community Club and $10 million for Sheidow Park School,” she said.
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An SA Liberal spokesperson said that: “We have a great candidate in Black in Rhees Bishop, a young father and ambulance officer who would make a strong advocate for his community”.
Former Black member Speirs, who is running in the state election, said the increased number of candidates across SA “might be attributable to Covid”.
“I’m of the view that the more candidates the better; it’s a celebration of democracy, and I reckon that preferences will scatter across all candidates,” he said.
“Having served the electorate for more than a decade and having worked with the community on many different projects, I believe that I am the best-known candidate.
“Time will tell if this translates into votes, but I am hopeful that I have a pretty good level of grassroots support in the electorate.”
Sarah Game previously told InDaily that the party stands for “giving all South Australians a fair go”.
“What that means is that you’re rewarded for effort and hard work. So, it’s not favouring any particular group based on their ethnicity or gender, or filling certain boxes or discriminating against a certain group,” she said.
Among the party’s policies are incentivising landlords to put solar panels and batteries on properties, repealing SA’s First Nations Voice to Parliament, and “putting parents back in charge of how their children are educated”.
Game said Fair Go would appeal to Liberal Party voters and shared many of its values.
Fair Go is running 22 candidates for the House of Assembly in the upcoming state election, including in Dunstan, Elizabeth, Finniss, Ngadjuri, Port Adelaide, Schubert and Waite, while Chris McDermott and Shannon Foote will run as candidates in the Legislative Council.
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