One Nation candidate faces backlash over demographic replacement comments

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Nov, 02:32 · Archive

One Nation's NSW upper house candidate Stuart Bonds has faced criticism for suggesting Australians face demographic replacement and discussing ethnic voting blocs.

Stuart Bonds, a lead One Nation candidate for the NSW upper house, made comments at an anti-immigration rally on Sunday in which he told supporters: 'Make no mistake, we are being demographically replaced inside our own nation'. He added that if Australians did not support Australian mothers having Australian children, 'we are going to pay for other cultures' children to be brought up in our lands'.

A day later, Bonds appeared on a podcast with the rally's organiser where discussion turned to allegations that NSW state leaders were building ethnic voting blocs by what was termed 'stacking the numbers' in certain suburbs by race. Bonds responded by saying his party would 'get rid of all the multicultural grants', describing them as 'literally paying money to these communities to get them to vote for you'.

NSW Multicultural Minister Steve Kamper said on Tuesday the comments 'went well beyond debate' and were 'deeply offensive', accusing Bonds of suggesting entire communities had been brought to Australia to influence election outcomes and of questioning their loyalty and equal right to participate in democracy. NSW Premier Chris Minns labelled the comments 'outrageous' and 'racist', questioning what role Bonds would have in a One Nation government ahead of the March state election.

How it is being reported

• One Nation state deputy embroiled in another race rowOne Nation's NSW second-in-command is under intensifying pressure after a podcast appearance shortly after he suggested Australians faced replacement.Perth Now · 10 Nov, 02:12
• One Nation state deputy embroiled in another race rowOne Nation's NSW second-in-command is under intensifying pressure after a podcast appearance shortly after he suggested Australians faced replacement.The West Australian · 10 Nov, 02:12

In this story: Stuart Bonds · One Nation · Steve Kamper · Chris Minns · New South Wales · Australia

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