One Nation NSW candidate Stuart Bonds faces criticism for remarks on demographic replacement

Stuart Bonds, the leading upper house candidate for One Nation in New South Wales, has drawn condemnation from government officials after alluding to the “great replacement” conspiracy theory during an anti-immigration rally in Sydney.

Addressing protesters on Sunday, Bonds stated, “We are being demographically replaced inside our own nation,” and claimed a “socialist plan” was underway to “destroy and bring down and tear down the fabric of your civilisation.” He further suggested that failure to support Australian mothers having Australian children would result in the nation paying to raise children from other cultures.

NSW Premier Chris Minns described the remarks as “frankly outrageous and racist,” questioning the suitability of a candidate making such comments for future ministerial roles. Federal ministers also condemned the speech. Multicultural Affairs Minister Anne Aly stated that questioning a person's right to belong based on race is “divisive, dangerous and goes against everything we stand for as Australians,” while Assistant Minister Julian Hill characterized the comments as pushing “racist, white supremacist conspiracy theories.”