Despite having the same name as a previous party, Family First are not the same party as covered here and here. The old Family First merged with the Australian Conservatives formed by Cory Bernardi which folded a few years later, and then a few years later the current Family First was established.
However, it looks to be a very similar beast. It has strong ties to conservative Christianity (the party director is the former director of the Australian Christian Lobby), and policies to match. They have a very narrow definition of the type of family they want to put first, and not much to appeal to people who fall outside that definition. They are transphobic, anti-abortion, and opposed to any action on climate change.
They're running candidates everywhere and will be towards the bottom of my ballot.
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