United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly hopes candidates in the Hunter region play a role in delivering the minor party the balance of power in the House of Representatives when voters go to the polls later this month.
Mr Kelly, the federal leader of the party founded by Queensland resources billionaire Clive Palmer, was in Newcastle on Tuesday to meet with UAP candidates for Newcastle (Amanda Cook), Shortland (Kenneth Maxwell), Paterson (Jason Olbourne) and Hunter (Geoff Passfield).
