‘Won’t happen’: One Nation Victoria leader’s comments raise questions about Hanson’s mass deportations policy
Exclusive: Warren Pickering told 2025 podcast mass deportations not a reality' in Australia and suggested politicians over 55 should handball it to the next generation'
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One Nation's Victorian leader has previously said mass deportations in Australia are not a reality" and won't happen", in newly unearthed comments which raise further questions about Pauline Hanson's signature policy to deport 75,000 people she says have overstayed visas.
Warren Pickering, on Monday unveiled as the party's leader for Victoria's November state election, also previously conceded in niche podcast interviews that the party ran so-called ghost candidates" who didn't actively campaign in order to harvest more Senate votes.
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