# Stuart Bonds made ‘racist’ and ‘divisive’ comments. But One Nation is showing no sign of dumping the NSW candidate

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/stuart-bonds-made-racist-and-divisive-comments-but-one-nation-is-showing-no-sign-of-dumping-the-nsw-candidate/
- Published: 2026-11-14T01:00:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T01:19:42+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/14/one-nation-nsw-candidate-stuart-bonds-ntwnfb
- Topics: Business, Markets, Software, Technology, World

## Key points

- Stuart Bonds’ migration remarks have prompted cross-party condemnation.
- One Nation has not removed him from its NSW election ticket.
- The Coalition has left open the possibility of post-election cooperation.

## Summary

Stuart Bonds, One Nation’s lead upper-house candidate for the 2027 New South Wales election, has drawn widespread criticism after saying Australians are being “demographically replaced” by mass migration. The remarks echo a far-right conspiracy theory and have been called racist and divisive by Labor and Coalition leaders, while raising questions about One Nation’s influence and possible post-election negotiations.

Bonds repeated similar claims at a rally and on a podcast, and defended his position by pointing to the rising share of Australians born overseas, which reached 32% in 2025; the article notes it was 32.4% in 1891. NSW parliament censured him, but One Nation has shown no sign of removing him from its ticket, despite disendorsing a Victorian candidate over an old post praising Hitler. The Coalition says it will not form a coalition with One Nation but has not ruled out working with it if parliament is hung.

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