One Nation candidate whose preferences may help Coalition has railed against climate science and Covid ‘little Hitlers’

Exclusive: Stuart Bonds could hand the Nationals the seat of Hunter thanks to a preference deal and last minute' change to how-to-vote cards

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A One Nation candidate who could hand the Nationals the seat of Hunter, thanks to a handshake preference deal, has called public health officials little Hitlers" and promoted a conspiracy theory alleging the government has used the climate crisis to control every aspect of people's lives.

Stuart Bonds told a livestreamed forum with rightwing activists last week that the federal government should not do anything to address climate change. He also claimed a crime" was committed against Australians during the Covid pandemic, alleging they were used as an experiment to sell pharmaceutical projects".

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