the Australian Conservatives suffered a 3.2% swing in the South Australian House of Assembly (from a Family First vote of 6.2% in 2014) for a primary vote of 3.0%. It stood 33 candidates for the lower house, none of whom came close to being elected. It suffered a swing of 0.9% swing in the Legislative Council (from a Family First vote of 4.4% in 2014) for a primary vote of 3.5%. In the 2019 New South Wales state election, the Australian Conservatives won approximately 0.6% of the vote. In the subsequent federal election, the Australian Conservatives ran candidates for the senate in every state but failed to win any seats. In light of this result, Bernardi announced he would start the process of deregistering the party. Bernardi said that in addition to the party's poor showing at the polls, he believed that the Coalition's upset victory under new Prime Minister Scott Morrison proved that "common sense" had returned to Canberra, which was "all we, as Australian Conservatives, have ever sought to do." Parliamentary representatives Former Federal Cory Bernardi, Federal leader, Australian Senate (2017–2019; former member of the Liberal Party). His six-year term in the Senate expires on 31 June 2022. State Robert Brokenshire, Legislative Council of South Australia (2017–2018; former member of the Family First Party), lost his seat at the 2018 state election. Dennis Hood, South Australian leader, Legislative Council of South Australia (2017–2018; former member of the Family First Party); defected to the Liberal Party on 22 March 2018 Rachel Carling-Jenkins, Legislative Council of Victoria (2017–2018; former member of the Democratic Labour Party), left the party in August 2018. Policies The Australian Conservatives' policies included: Oppose Safe schools program as political indoctrination within schools Subsidies for renewable energy Any renewable energy targets Paris Climate Agreement Revenue-raising measures forced upon police that are not genuinely about improving community safety Property rights being curtailed or usurped Moves to change Australia Day Same-sex marriage and LGBT sex education Abortion Support Freedom of religion A reduction in immigration levels and a strengthening of citizenship laws The promotion of Australian values and Australia's Western civilisational heritage, the protection of the current flag and the retention of Australia Day on 26 January Industrial relations reform Control of all government spending and getting the budget back into surplus A national child sex offenders register available to the public A pay freeze for politicians and senior