前自由党成员Mark和Shani Jones夫妇创办的政治咨询公司Camelot Consulting正为澳大利亚政党One Nation提供竞选策略咨询[1]。该公司于1月成立，办公地点设在悉尼内城一间工作室公寓[1]。
Camelot已在南澳州选举中为One Nation工作，该党获得四个下议院席位，但One Nation目前欠该公司超过15万澳元的债务[1]。这家咨询公司现已将业务重点转向维州11月选举和新南威尔士州明年3月的州选举[1]。
Mark和Shani均拥有政治工作经验。Shani曾在新南威尔士州议会工作六年，2023年离职时称其为"绝对荣幸"[1]。Mark曾于2015年竞选Shellharbour席位但落选，随后任职于艺术部长Don Harwin的办公室担任副幕僚长[1]。近年来，Mark曾从事烟草游说工作，Shani则曾担任NRMA媒体顾问[1]。Shani两年前仍参加自由党活动，并在LinkedIn上发文与时任联邦自由党领袖Peter Dutton合照[1]。
Former members of Australia's Liberal Party Mark and Shani Jones have established a political consulting firm called Camelot Consulting that is now shaping campaign strategy for the populist One Nation party [1]. The firm, launched in January from a studio apartment in inner Sydney, has already worked on One Nation's South Australian state election campaign, during which the party secured four lower house seats [1]. However, One Nation currently owes Camelot more than $150,000 in outstanding debts from that engagement [1].
The couple is now redirecting their focus toward upcoming state elections, with plans to advise One Nation on campaigns in Victoria in November and New South Wales in March of next year [1]. Shani Jones spent six years working in the NSW Parliament before departing in 2023, describing the experience as an "absolute honour" [1], while Mark Jones previously ran unsuccessfully for the Shellharbour seat in 2015 and later served as deputy chief of staff to arts minister Don Harwin [1]. In their recent professional history, Mark worked as a tobacco lobbyist and Shani served as a media adviser for NRMA [1]. Until recently, Shani maintained visible connections to the Liberal Party, having posted a photograph with then-federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton on LinkedIn two years ago [1].