One Nation candidate claims Australians face demographic replacement

A One Nation candidate leading the party's New South Wales upper house ticket, Stuart Bonds, made a speech in Sydney claiming Australians are being demographically replaced, according to muswellbrookchronicle.com.au and other sources.

Bonds said that if Australian mothers do not have Australian children, other cultures' children will be raised in Australia. He linked this to abortion rates and described it as part of a 'socialist plan' to destroy civilization.

The speech, lasting about four minutes, was sharply criticized by federal ministers including Multicultural Affairs MPs Julian Hill and Anne Aly, who said the speech promoted white supremacist conspiracy theories and was divisive. Hill called the 'great replacement theory' a discredited far-right conspiracy with anti-Semitic roots.

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and the Australian Human Rights Commission also condemned the comments as 'outrageous and racist,' according to The Guardian.

A One Nation spokeswoman defended the party's position by stating that the immigration rate is unsustainable and must be reduced to ease pressure on essential services, accusing federal Labor ministers of trying to shut down legitimate political debate.