‘They’ll be in prison’: One Nation’s unexpected vow at Victorian election launch
One Nation’s state election launch in Victoria has been told former state premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan should be locked up.
The claim came during a raucous event at Crown in Melbourne on Saturday, where the party also revealed plans to scrap the Suburban Rail Loop and First Nations Treaty.
One Nation’s state election launch in Victoria has been told former state premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan should be locked up. 9News
Upper House candidate Mark Nicholson handed down the party’s long-awaited policies but there was more than one bombshell among them.
“If I have it my way, Dan Andrews, Jacinta Allan they’ll be in prison by Christmas,” he announced.
The comment came as Nicholson vowed the party would “strengthen every pillar of the criminal justice system, cops, courts and corrections”.
But the 63-page policy document failed to include a single costing. Instead, it alluded to what could be cut instead.
“The suburban rail loop gone,” Nicholson said. “The $70 million a year treaty no one consented too, gone.”
The 63-page policy document failed to include a single costing. Instead, it alluded to what could be cut instead. 9News
The party fired their starting gun for the race to the November ballot with 128 candidates representing every upper and lower house seat in the state.
They were all unveiled inside Crown to the soundtrack of AC/DC.
"We've got the candidates, well no, we've got the soldiers in the candidates that you meet here today," One Nation Victorian Leader Warren Picking said.
Some attendees paid $500-dollars to meet Pauline Hanson, the woman who received a standing ovation as the party leader set her sights on the state.
“There are no safe seats left,” Hanson told the crowd, before sending a message to Spring Street.
Some attendees paid $500-dollars to meet Pauline Hanson, the woman who received a standing ovation as the party leader set her sights on the state. 9News
“I’ll tell Ben Carroll if you’re listening Ben, right… don’t be scared of me, I’ll tell you what mate, he should be scared of all of you.”
Whether it’s all enough to see an orange wave across the state in November remains to be seen but even across the political divide, protesters outside admitted something needs to change.
"This Labor government is failing people but the solution isn't actually to scape goat immigrants," one person told 9News.
Whether it’s all enough to see an orange wave across the state in November remains to be seen (Pictured: One Nation Victorian Leader Warren Picking) 9News
It's all paving the way for a contest unlike any other.
“I genuinely believe it will be a three-way contest in 50 per cent of the seats here in Victoria,” Picking predicted.
And it’s something even the government can’t deny.
"It won't merely be a traditional contest between the Labor and the Liberal parties," housing and seniors minister Nick Staikos said.
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