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One Nation turns up election heat with crime policy
Warren Pickering will unveil tougher bail and policing policies as One Nation seeks to tap crime concerns, with 750 supporters expected.
- One Nation launched its Victorian campaign on Saturday at Melbourne's Crown Conference Centre, with party founder Pauline Hanson and state leader Warren Pickering addressing approximately 750 supporters and unveiling 93 candidates.
- Seeking to capitalize on dissatisfaction with the 12-year Labor government, One Nation aims to challenge major parties ahead of the November 28 election; recent polling shows the party attracting 23 per cent of first preference votes.
- Crime-Focused policies include recruiting 10,000 veterans to bolster police, funding a 24/7 bail court, and building three new magistrates' courts in Melbourne's outer suburbs, financed by scrapping the Suburban Rail Loop and the Victorian State Treaty.
- Lead candidate Mark Nicholson vowed former premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan would be "in prison by Christmas" if the party wins, mirroring Donald Trump's rhetoric, while about 30 protesters gathered outside in heavy rain.
- The November 28 state election represents a significant test for the upstart party, which secured just over 2 per cent of primary votes in 2022; Nicholson declared Victoria is "at a turning point.
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‘In prison by Christmas’: One Nation attacks Andrews, Allan in campaign launch
Pauline Hanson’s party also unveiled its uncosted policy platform for November’s election at an event attended by about 750 people.
·North Sydney, Australia
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right3Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Left
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C 18%
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