[3][4] The party currently has two elected members; Jacqui Lambie in the Australian Senate and Andrew Jenner in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

The JLN was formed to allow Lambie to re-contest her Senate seat at the 2016 federal election, after she resigned from the Palmer United Party in November 2014.

He survived a challenge to his own eligibility, on a different constitutional ground, but refused to step down so as to create a casual Senate vacancy to which Lambie could be appointed.

[18] On 2 July 2024, the three elected JLN state members were reported to have issued a "butt out" legal notice to Jacqui Lambie.

[22] On the 24 August 2024, Jacqui Lambie kicked out Rebekah Pentland and Miriam Beswick from the party, leaving them as independent MPs.

[29] Early in her political career, Lambie promoted firm nationalist sentiments, first in opposition to Sharia law,[30] and more recently about "Chinese foreign interference".

[32] On 22 August 2024, Lambie was accused by fellow Senator Mehreen Faruqi of vilifying Muslims during a parliamentary debate over Australia's granting of visas for Gazans.

"I had to sit here and listen to Senator [Jacqui] Lambie attack and vilify Muslims and she couldn’t even pronounce my name", she claimed on SBS News.

[36] Lambie criticised the Government's plan in a dissenting report, noting that "The families of veterans who have taken their own lives support a Royal Commission.

The bill also proposes to introduce electoral expenditure accounts for organisations that run political campaigns In early 2020, Lambie started a campaign[41] to support Australian manufacturing with concerns about Australia's reliance on foreign imported products; she believes these concerns are a threat to Australia's economic sovereignty; magnified with the advent of COVID-19.

[47] Lambie has served as party president since July 2024, while former Tasmanian state election candidate Chris Hannan is the secretary, former RSL New South Wales chief executive and JLN NSW senate candidate Glenn Kolomeitz is treasurer and Ian Basckin also serves on the board.

[49] The Jacqui Lambie Network has selected candidates from SA, NSW and Queensland to run in the 2025 Australian federal election.