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Liberals to replace how-to-vote cards, One Nation sacks candidates amid WA election racism row
The WA Liberal Party is moving to replace how-to-vote cards in two electorates after racist social media comments surfaced linked to One Nation candidates, which Zak Kirkup has described as “disgusting” and “vile”.
Key points:
- One Nation has sacked one candidate and is investigating another for racism
- Zak Kirkup denies doing a preference deal with One Nation
- He has condemned the former candidate’s racist comments
On Sunday One Nation dumped Roger Barnett as its candidate for the seat of Forrestfield after racist comments emerged from his Facebook page that were posted between 2012 and 2018.
The comments included a post from 2014 which stated: “I stand up for my family and my rights, hail (sic) Hitler”.
He posted other comments which were…
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