‘Outrageous and racist’: premier responds to NSW One Nation candidate’s claim Australians are being ‘demographically replaced’
Chris Minns and human rights commissioner lambast comments made by Stuart Bonds, who leads party’s NSW upper house ticket Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales premier and the Australian Human Rights Commission have criticised comments by the man who heads One Nation’s upper house ticket in NSW after he said Australians faced demographic replacement…
The premier of New South Wales and the Australian Human Rights Commissioner have condemned remarks made by Stuart Bonds, the leader of One Nation's upper house ticket in the state. Bonds claimed that Australians are "demographically replaced" unless "mass migration" is curbed. Chris Minns, the premier, labeled Bonds' statements as "frankly outrageous and racist", arguing that the replacement theory is a "conspiracy theory imported from the US".
The Human Rights Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, said that Bonds' comments "sowed division and hate" and that migrants are central to the Australian story.
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Also reported by 3 other outlets
- ‘Outrageous and racist’: premier responds to NSW One Nation candidate’s claim Australians are being ‘demographically replaced’ theguardian.com
- Top NSW One Nation candidate repeats ‘frankly outrageous’ conspiracy theory in protest speech theage.com.au
- Top NSW One Nation candidate repeats ‘frankly outrageous’ conspiracy theory in protest speech smh.com.au
