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One Nation disendorses Victorian candidate who praised Hitler

politicsNov 10, 2026371,683

One Nation Victoria disendorsed its Preston candidate Franco Guardiani after a private social media account described Adolf Hitler as the "GOAT" and posted Islamophobic claims including that "importing Islam is making pedophilia legal." Party leader Warren Pickering said the comments were appalling and confirmed Guardiani was removed as soon as the posts were verified. The account also promoted calls to bulldoze or set fire to mosques and engaged with the anti-immigrant group Knights Templar International. Guardiani confirmed the posts were his and said he still "stands by" One Nation and invoked free speech. Labor MP Nathan Lambert had called for Guardiani to be disendorsed, saying there is no place in Victorian politics for Nazi ideology. The incident exposed gaps in One Nation's vetting despite the party requiring candidates to provide personal social accounts for review and running a three-person selection panel including Pickering. One Nation previously disendorsed Melbourne candidate Matthew Collins over deleted social posts on other issues earlier in the campaign.

6 News Australia
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#BREAKING 🚨 One Nation has disendorsed Franco Guardiani – its candidate for Preston at the Victorian election – after social media posts circulated showing Guardiani calling Adolf Hitler "the GOAT", the ABC reports He will still appear on the ballot as a One Nation candidate

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Michael Bell48

No way? Surely he's just another one of those "frustrated mums & dads" with "legitimate concerns" I keep hearing about in the media?

T. Greg Doucette36

wtf is going on in AUS?

Leena 🌵31

It must be so hard to have to put your foot down about nazis all the time when you’ve told everyone you’re the nazi party just continuously playing whack-a-möl with these fash dorks herr today, gone tomorrow

Jean-Michel Connard18

I assumed you had to post like that to get their endorsement.

Paul Dutton11

The regurgitated BS from this useless political party and nothing is promoted as their basic standards with mainstream media. They’re an absolute failure of an organisation let alone political party.

Brainbell jangler8

Friendly reminder that the state libs will preference these *frustrated mums and dads* ..🙄

Renée the Wicked Witch of Woke ✨️ 🇺🇦 ♿️ 🖇7

Fascism is an insatiable flame. We all must contain the fascist wildfires before it becomes an inferno and burns our beauteous world down.

Cammy5

just a completely ridiculous headline im amazed

Jess Saphia4

😳 and Jess Wilson has preferenced One Nation. Victorian Liberals should be ashamed to want to be associated with these atrocious candidates. It’s sickening #springSt #auspol

Harry Saddler4

This is probably a very naive question but does One Nation do, like, *any* candidate vetting at all? Or can anyone who wants to just put their hand up and say “I’ll be a candidate”? Or does the party just cross their fingers and hope that nothing bad comes out or that if it does, nobody will care?

Lilly
@lillyull.bsky.social

Labor hates The Greens so much, they're willing to ensure a Liberal/One Nation Govt in Victoria. Clearly, they much prefer the LNP, afterall, they are the Uniparty. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

1022d ago
Toilet Paper Australia
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This is Franco Guardiani. He *was* the One Nation candidate for Preston, until today. Why was he sacked as candidate, you may ask? He labelled Adolf Hitler as the GOAT. No, I am not joking.

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