NSW Nationals candidate tells congregation of her aim to ‘bring God’s kingdom’ to politics

Kimberly Hone previously posted on social media that one way to avoid domestic violence is to marry well'

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The National party's candidate for the marginal northern New South Wales seat of Richmond told worshippers at a Pentecostal church that her ultimate goal" in politics was to bring God's kingdom to the political arena".

The comments by the endorsed Nationals candidate, Kimberly Hone, have emerged alongside a series of old social media posts described by her opponents as repulsive", and include a post from 2017 that says one way to avoid domestic violence is to marry well" with a broken Facebook link.