Nalliah launched Rise Up Australia on 22 June 2011.[1] He had previously been a candidate for the Australian Senate in the 2004 federal election for the Family First Party but was forced to leave the party due to demeaning statements about minority groups.[2] The launch date was picked as it was the anniversary of Nalliah's successful case in the Supreme Court. The party was launched with the help of Christopher Monckton, with Nalliah to run for a senate seat in 2013. [3] Nalliah has declared that former Prime Minister Julia Gillard is "living in sin" for cohabiting with a domestic partner, while attacking former Greens leader Bob Brown for being an "openly practising homosexual"; Nalliah has stated that he felt sick to the stomach watching Gillard and Brown shake hands.[4]
Nalliah also claims to have resurrected three people from the dead and to have communicated with God on several occasions.[5]
The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.[6][7]
