One Nation candidate

[***super_nova***]

Oh, dear

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/18402158/one-nation-candidate-speaks-out/

[spotweldersfriend]

The Klan is back.

[izabsmiling]

This from a couple of weeks ago.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/election/a/-/article/18132805/one-nation-candidate-behind-anti-muslim-campa...

ONE NATION CANDIDATE 'BEHIND ANTI-MUSLIM CAMPAIGN'

Paula Doneman, Yahoo!7Updated July 25, 2013, 6:00 am

FIRST ON 7: An alleged food contamination scare involving one of Australia’s favourite foods has exposed a One Nation candidate’s anti-Muslim campaign.

A jar of Nestle coffee was found with its seal broken and a sticker saying "Beware! Halal food funds terrorists" in aisle four of Woolworths supermarket at Underwood, south of Brisbane, earlier this month.

Two tins of Milo, also produced by Nestle, were found with the same stickers but the seals were not broken.

The supermarket immediately alerted Queensland Health and police which launched a joint investigation.

Scientific tests by Queensland Health found that while the seal was broken there was nothing to indicate it had been deliberately damaged.

The tests also found the coffee had not been contaminated.

The police investigation culminated in the arrest of a 27-year-old Kingston woman who will front the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Friday charged with one count of product contamination.

A basic internet search of the stickers found on the Nestle products shows it can be purchased from Restore Australia whose CEO is Mike Holt, the One Nation Party’s candidate for the federal seat of Fairfax.

Mr Holt, who co-founded the organisation and is based on the Sunshine Coast, said on the website Restore Australia was a non-political organisation wanting to restore power to the people.

While Mr Holt defended his website today to 7News, the head of Queensland’s Muslim community said he was left "speechless" and condemned the website.

Islamic Council of Queensland president Mohammed Yusuf called on One Nation to disendorse Mr Holt as a candidate.

Mr Yusuf said claims that sales from Halal food funded terrorism were baseless.

Within hours of Queensland police arresting a woman, Restore Australia posted an appeal on Facebook asking for the name of lawyers who might help her for free.

"Nestle has decided to fight back against our anti-halal sticker campaign by having a 19-year-old girl in Brisbane arrested for 'product tampering'. Alleging that she put an anti-Halal sticker on one of their jars of coffee and then opened it," Restore Australia said.

"Nestle has just... shot themselves in the foot. Instead of doing the right thing and stop selling us out to Islam, they have decided to pick on a young woman and take her to court."

The Facebook page also said the woman had allegedly denied putting the sticker on the jar

Halal signifies food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic Law. Thousands of products sold in Australia are certified.

The supermarket the woman targeted is in an area with a large Muslim population.

read more:http://au.news.yahoo.com/election/a/-/article/18132805/one-nation-candidate-behind-anti-muslim-campa...

[izabsmiling]

Supa Nova,

I couldn't get that to play earlier.I've listened to it now .

As Erin Edwards said she has a lot to learn ...sooooo much going by that interview ....even thinking Islam is a Country .

I would think that both she and Mr Holt should think themselves lucky that the Company they involved doesn't have them up for defamation.

It said that she couldn't stand if charged and/or awaiting trial (which is as it should be imo) .....does that not apply to Federal candidates too?

[lakeland27]

the candidate won't win, but abbott will benefit from the preferences.

[***super_nova***]

You would think that if somebody selects a platform on which to run they would at least get the basics right LOL.  While I can see why some people may have reservation about halal (and kosher) slaughter, I am 100% happy with buying halal or kosher Milo.

The Islamic dietary laws (Halal) and the Jewish dietary laws (Kashrut; in English, Kosher) are both quite detailed, and contain both points of similarity and discord. While both are dietary laws of Abrahamic religions, they have different roots: an explanation of the Islamic code of law found in the Quran and a Jewish code of laws found in the Torah as explained in the Talmud.

For most Muslim sects, Kosher is subset of Halal; accordingly, Muslims can generally eat Kosher food, but Jews cannot eat all Halal food.

Interesting that there has never, as far as I know, been protest against cosher meat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Islamic_and_Jewish_dietary_laws

[katydidthat]

Well, let's hope that all the ON candidates are as intelligent as this one, eh?

[not_an_eloi]

"jews have their own religion, they follow jesus christ"   

"national disability insurance scheme is working at the moment"   

[azureline**]

so.... is she 19 or 27?? and I don't care how old she is, she has no right to interfere with the food others might buy! She should face court, no question.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@lakeland27 wrote:
the candidate won't win, but abbott will benefit from the preferences.

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I was going to say the same thing.

Whilst the liberal blind go on and on about how the Greens are a faction of the ALP, they take offence if anyone reminds them that there are a bunch of crazy right winged imbeciles out there who align themselves with the Caolition enough to favour them with preferences.

And the Liberal Party accept them without principle.