 The 1896 establishment of the "Gympie Truth", a newspaper that he was to partly own, was part of his response.Intended as a medium to broadcast Labour's message, the newspaper played a vital role in Fisher's return to parliament in 1899.This time, he was the beneficiary of a scare campaign, in which conservative candidate Francis Power was consistently painted by the "Gympie Truth" as being a supporter of black labour and the alleged economic and social ills that accompanied it.