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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Martin

Kelly’s heroes: can the UAP’s politics of anger derail the Australian election?

Craig Kelly
United Australia party leader Craig Kelly says he believes the party has won over strong support from first, second and third generation migrants from former eastern bloc countries, the Middle East and Vietnam. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Julian Fayad describes himself as a “regular” guy. The 29-year-old second-generation Australian with a Lebanese background runs a finance business in western Sydney, has a young family and has lived in Parramatta his entire life.

Like many Australians, he had only a passing interest in politics, until the impact of Covid restrictions on his community lit a spark.

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