UAP candidate plans to sue party over campaign costs it won’t reimburse

UAP candidate Jamal Daoud received 2.58% of the vote in the Sydney seat of Reid meaning the party was not eligible for public funding in that seat. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

A disgruntled United Australia party candidate has vowed to sue the party claiming its “mismanagement” forced him to spend thousands on campaign material which it now refuses to reimburse.

Jamal Daoud, who ran for the UAP in the inner-west Sydney seat of Reid, revealed on social media on Thursday that he was “in the process of suing” and encouraged other candidates to come forward in the hope of starting a class action.