{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox political party | name = | native_name = | logo = | logo_size = | colorcode = {{Australian politics/party colours|community first alliance}} | abbreviation = {{nowrap|{{hlist|CFA|Community First}}}} | leader = | predecessor = | president = Sonya Phillips | founder = Sonya Phillips | founded = 2004 | registered = | dissolved = Late 2008 | headquarters = | womens_wing = | membership_year = | membership = | ideology = | position = | colours = | slogan = | seats1_title = Baulkham Hills Shire Council | seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|community first alliance}}}} {{small|(2004−2008)}} | seats2_title = Sutherland Shire Council | seats2 = {{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|community first alliance}}}} {{small|(2008)}} | seats3_title = Warringah Council | seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|10|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|community first alliance}}}} {{small|(2008)}} | website = | country = New South Wales | country2 = Australia }} The '''Community First Alliance''' ('''CFA'''), also known simply as '''Community First''' ('''CF'''), was an Australian political party that contested local government elections in New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Melouney |first1=Carmel |title=Tell them how good I am |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/tell-them-how-good-i-am/news-story/eee8992e7ae11a55442b38e2fe76dcc3 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515043714/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/tell-them-how-good-i-am/news-story/eee8992e7ae11a55442b38e2fe76dcc3?nk=428a22a19e7ece03080034a01c596431-1715747834 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |date=24 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Andrew |last2=Creagh |first2=Sunanda |title=Mayoral candidate under fire |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/mayoral-candidate-under-fire-20080910-gdsubu.html |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515041040/https://www.smh.com.au/national/mayoral-candidate-under-fire-20080910-gdsubu.html |archive-date=15 May 2024 |date=10 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EFA Annual Report 2008/2009 |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/2be8ef21-fea0-4196-9f79-fcded3ce5bd9/election-funding-authority-annual-report-2008-09.pdf |publisher=Election Funding Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010190502/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/2be8ef21-fea0-4196-9f79-fcded3ce5bd9/election-funding-authority-annual-report-2008-09.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2023 |date=30 October 2009}}</ref>
==History== Community First was founded by Sonya Phillips ahead of the 2004 local government elections. At the elections, the party only contested Baulkham Hills Shire, where two of its candidates (including Phillips) were elected.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raue |first1=Ben |title=The Hills council election, 2021 |date=5 May 2021 |publisher=The Tally Room |url=https://www.tallyroom.com.au/archive/nswcouncil2021/thehills2021/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515041658/https://www.tallyroom.com.au/archive/nswcouncil2021/thehills2021 |archive-date=15 May 2024}}</ref>
In 2008, the party expanded to contest Sutherland Shire and Warringah Council as well as Baulkham Hills, although Phillips did not seek re-election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Community First Alliance Party |url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080910230822/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/88663/20080911-0054/www.vincentdeluca.info/index.html |publisher=Vincent De Luca}}</ref> During the campaign, Labor Party members in Kiama contested on an unregistered ticket also called "Community First".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoctor |first1=Michelle |title=Sandra McCarthy re-elected as Kiama Mayor |url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/609162/sandra-mccarthy-re-elected-as-kiama-mayor/ |publisher=Illawarra Mercury |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515041220/https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/609162/sandra-mccarthy-re-elected-as-kiama-mayor/ |archive-date=15 May 2024 |date=14 September 2008}}</ref> As a result, Phillips made a formal complaint to the New South Wales Electoral Commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Labor candidates ducking for cover in council elections |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/labor-candidates-ducking-for-cover/news-story/7eeffcd46e049d910d320e5615f36ae6 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515042451/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/labor-candidates-ducking-for-cover/news-story/7eeffcd46e049d910d320e5615f36ae6 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |date=13 September 2008}}</ref>
At the elections, Community First won two seats in Sutherland and one seat in Warringah. However, it faded away following the elections.<ref>{{cite web |title=SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL - A WARD |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Sutherland.html |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403140907/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Sutherland.html |archive-date=2024-04-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL - D WARD |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Sutherland.council1696.html?wardid=X080912304W01 |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411003234/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Sutherland.council1696.html?wardid=X080912304W01 | archive-date=2023-04-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WARRINGAH COUNCIL - A WARD |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Warringah.html |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403150806/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Warringah.html |archive-date=2024-04-03 }}</ref>
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Category:Political parties established in 2004 Category:Political parties disestablished in 2008 Category:2004 establishments in Australia Category:2008 disestablishments in Australia Category:Local government political parties in Australia Category:Defunct political parties in New South Wales