Sarah Game

Sarah Game is an Australian politician who has served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 2022. She was the first member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation elected to the Parliament of South Australia, but resigned from the party in May 2025.

Early career

Before her election in 2022, Game had been a veterinarian in a practice at South Brighton, a coastal suburb of Adelaide, since July 2021, using the name Sarah Wareing. She completed a Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 2006 at the University of Sydney in 2006 and lived in the United Kingdom for the next ten years, working as a biology teacher.

Political career

She was One Nation's first member of the South Australian parliament.

Game does not support the banning of foreign language teaching in schools (which had been a One Nation policy before the election), and she does not hold to strict interpretations of complex personal issues relating to abortion and transgender issues. She has Jewish heritage and was confirmed Catholic, but does not regard herself as religious, and chose to use the affirmation rather than religious oath at her swearing in to office. She has a strong focus on providing the best available education to all students regardless of their background, drawn from her own experience.

In her inaugural speech to parliament, she declared her support for "sustainable, cohesive immigration to Australia". David Ettridge, a founding member of One Nation, responded by claiming that Game held " Greens values" that could prompt a split from the party, adding "this is not what One Nation voters voted for".

In 2022, Game supported moves to ban the Nazi Swastika.

Game has expressed her opposition to legislation that would establish an "indigenous voice to parliament" in South Australia, saying it would divide South Australians based on race, and that One Nation wants "real tangible benefits for all disadvantaged Australians".

After the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, in which over 64% of South Australians voted against the Voice, Game announced plans to introduce a bill to repeal the South Australian state based Voice with the ''First Nations Voice Act 2023'' bill.

On the evening of 16 October 2024, Game was involved in a minor controversy with Liberal MLC Michelle Lensink over the SA abortion amendment bill.

In May 2025, Game resigned from One Nation to sit as an independent. She blamed the way the One Nation brand is perceived and declared she wants to "advocate for all South Australians, regardless of their heritage or religious beliefs". Her mother, who had been leader of the state branch, also left the party, having been denied preselection for the 2026 state election.

Personal life

Game grew up in a "separated family" in Sydney. At the time of her election in 2022, she had three children aged 7, 6 and 4, and was raising them as a single parent.

Game's father, Robert Game, died by suicide on 2 February 2023. Following his death, Game voiced her support for increased access to mental health resources particularly in regional South Australia.

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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the South Australian Legislative Council
Women members of the South Australian Legislative Council
21st-century Australian politicians
21st-century Australian women politicians
Australian veterinarians
Women veterinarians
Pauline Hanson's One Nation politicians
University of Sydney alumni
Australian politicians who switched parties
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