--- title: "Senate: South Australia: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "South Australia: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/senate/south-australia" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/senate) Senate seat # Senate: South Australia The 2 advertisers we follow here have spent $1K–$1.4K on Facebook and Instagram ads. ## Sitting members - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Antic.jpg?width=96)**Alex Antic** Liberal, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/McLachlan_Profile.jpg?width=96)**Andrew McLachlan** Liberal, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne_Ruston_2018-11-21.jpg?width=96)**Anne Ruston** Liberal, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara_Pocock_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Barbara Pocock** Greens, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlotte_Walker_at_the_PIRA_Federal_Election_Forum.jpg?width=96)**Charlotte Walker** Labor, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Farrell.jpg?width=96)**Don Farrell** Labor, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/don-farrell) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_Karen_Grogan.jpg?width=96)**Karen Grogan** Labor, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kerrynne_Liddle_2019.jpg?width=96)**Kerrynne Liddle** Liberal, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - [ **Leah Blyth** Liberal, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - [ **Marielle Smith** Labor, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Penny_Wong_DFAT_official_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Penny Wong** Labor, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-wong) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarah_Hanson-Young.png?width=96)**Sarah Hanson-Young** Greens, Senator for South Australia ](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for South Australia whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. 1. [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) MP, Liberal $700 –$899 2 ads, 2 running 2. [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) MP, Liberal $300 –$499 2 ads, 2 running At least Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) ## Their biggest ads - [![Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody confirmed that biological men who induce lactation are protected under breastfeeding discrimina](https://politics.computer/media/455fbe7a6652f8198a1dff5bb10edfa2076955677d714281eec783534272e4f9?w=480) Leah Blyth$700–$799 spent Running since 4 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/455fbe7a6652f8198a1dff5bb10edfa2076955677d714281eec783534272e4f9) - [![Great to meet with the Invasive Species Council in between Senate Estimates hearings last week. We discussed the growing threat of buffel gr](https://politics.computer/media/599ca64d73d0555c68089f8b0a59d2c55cd5c21deeba6daf2bfa5df78f71e300?w=480) Andrew McLachlan$300–$399 spent Running since 3 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/599ca64d73d0555c68089f8b0a59d2c55cd5c21deeba6daf2bfa5df78f71e300) - [![It is a shameful act of disrespect to steal the very plaques that honour our war dead.](https://politics.computer/media/c72dcbab8f74355aea176460de78e6b813e8768576a566d71e30fe93e0d718e8?w=480) Andrew McLachlanUnder $100 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/c72dcbab8f74355aea176460de78e6b813e8768576a566d71e30fe93e0d718e8) - [![When ‘biological man’, means ‘woman’ and woman means everyone, the Sex Discrimination Act means nothing to anyone. Hard to enforce a law tha](https://politics.computer/media/6f89bc0593babd408d09ae38876ee54df9b747e42159f26a63146c109d864044?w=480) Leah BlythUnder $100 spent Running since 4 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/6f89bc0593babd408d09ae38876ee54df9b747e42159f26a63146c109d864044) --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. 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