One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’

Source: The Guardian 2 hours ago

Son of former ABC chair will contest seat of Cessnock in March state election and says ‘my wife’s Japanese’ so he doesn’t believe party is racist

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One Nation has named investment banker Mike Newman as its New South Wales leader and first lower house candidate ahead of the March 2027 state election.

Pauline Hanson was to hold a press conference alongside Newman on Friday morning to announce the son of former ABC chair Maurice Newman as her party’s candidate for the Hunter seat of Cessnock.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/28/mike-newman-one-nation-nsw-leader-election-cessnock-candidate-ntnwfb

One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’

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