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‘We’re here, get used to it’: One Nation’s warning for Victoria’s establishment

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 12, 2026 • 06:28 AM
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Warren Pickering’s speech was what you might expect from any political leader. But his performance in the question-and-answer section was revealing.

‘We’re here, get used to it’: One Nation’s warning for Victoria’s establishment

Warren Pickering came out all guns blazing for his debut at the Melbourne Press Club. In a marquee pre-election speech to a room full of journalists, One Nation’s Victorian leader did not pull his punches in the party’s attack on the establishment.

“We don’t answer to the tired, worn-out and obsolete two-party system that Labor and the Coalition have stitched up for themselves. We don’t answer to the globalists, the Marxists, international bodies or the cult of climate change,” Pickering said.

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