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Victorian Liberals dump Williamstown candidate over offensive comments

The Victorian Liberal Party has dumped Williamstown candidate Paul Lindemann over offensive comments it says he made about Indigenous Australians. Grouped from 3 articles across 2 sources.

3 reports2 sourcesNov 11, 2026, 8:23 AM
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ABC AustraliaNov 11, 2026, 8:23 AM

Victorian Liberals dump Williamstown candidate over offensive comments

The Victorian Liberal Party has dumped Williamstown candidate Paul Lindemann over offensive comments it says he made about Indigenous Australians.

ABC AustraliaNov 10, 2026, 6:02 AM

Victorian One Nation candidate dumped over Hitler comments

Victorian Party leader Warren Pickering said there was no place in One Nation for abhorrent views.

The GuardianNov 10, 2026, 4:44 AM

One Nation dumps Victorian election candidate who praised Adolf Hitler as ‘GOAT’

Party disendorses Preston candidate Franco Guardiani after social media posts emerge Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation Victoria has disendorsed a candidate whose private social media account described Adolf Hitler as the “GOAT” and claimed that “importing Islam is making pedophilia legal”. In a now-deleted social media post, the party’s candidate for Preston, Franco Guardiani, commented on a social media post on X asking people to: “Describe Hitler in one word? Be brutally honest.” Continue reading...

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