{"id":54088,"date":"2026-07-20T03:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/54088\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T03:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:22:39","slug":"minns-warns-any-one-nation-coalition-deal-bad-for-non-white-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/54088\/","title":{"rendered":"Minns warns any One Nation-Coalition deal bad for non-white voters"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSW Labor has pivoted its attention to protecting its former heartland in the state\u2019s Hunter Valley from One Nation, with Premier Chris Minns saying a Hanson-Coalition alliance at next year\u2019s state election would be bad for people without white skin. <\/p>\n

Mr Minns told reporters he had to make his position clear as a leader after Senator Hanson derided the end of the White Australia policy on a recent podcast with UK agitator Tommy Robinson. <\/p>\n

The comments were widely criticised by Anthony Albanese, Labor ministers and the Coalition, but Mr Minns went a step further and claimed Australia would become an outcast under Senator Hanson. <\/p>\n

\u201cPauline Hanson made comments in the last 24 hours indicating that the problem with Australia was the removal of the White Australia policy, as if keeping it in Australia is the right policy for our country,\u201d Mr Minns said.<\/p>\n

As One Nation threatens to up-end the state election in March, Mr Minns tried to link the state Coalition with One Nation and said it would be bad for people without \u201cwhite pigmentation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will that policy view and this leader mean for the state of NSW? If (this coalition) has significant power in our political institutions, inside our government \u2026 I think that that would be bad for our economy, bad for community cohesion, and bad for young people that may not have white pigmentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, in my view, the time is now for the Liberals and the Nationals to just let us know: Are they contemplating a government with this kind of awful view of the world, or are they not?\u201d <\/p>\n

Amid Mr Minn\u2019s attacks, senior ministers in the NSW government made three major announcements in the Hunter over the past week, while the Premier\u2019s headline announcement at the state Labor conference earlier this month was the unveiling of a $12bn train manufacturing facility for the region.<\/a><\/p>\n

The pursuit of a deal with the federal government to jointly-fund the continued operation of the region\u2019s Tomago aluminium smelter is also being driven by anxiety over what job losses would mean for Labor\u2019s support. <\/a><\/p>\n

Multiple party figures confirmed to The Australian One Nation\u2019s surge meant seats previously considered welded to the party for decades would now require serious campaign resources. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf an election is held today, the Labor Party is throwing the kitchen sink at these places,\u201d one Labor source said. <\/p>\n

Another said within the party there was \u201cdefinitely a view there needs to be a focus on the Hunter\u201d ahead of the March 2027 election, warning that \u201cif there was an election tomorrow, we lose Cessnock\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a view that Newcastle hasn\u2019t received a lot of love and support for 12 years under the Coalition \u2026 if we don\u2019t show it some love, who will?\u201d they said. <\/p>\n

It comes as analysis of polling obtained by the Australian suggests Labor-held seats across the Central Coast and nearby Hunter would be wiped out in an orange wave.<\/p>\n

The seat-by-seat analysis, which is based off polling done by DemosAU last month overlaid with electoral census data, suggests Labor could lose a net three seats across the state, while the Coalition would be reduced to a rump of 12 MPs. <\/p>\n

Among Labor\u2019s seats in the firing line are Cessnock, held by Labor since 1927 except for one term, and Port Stephens, while One Nation would also win all the seats along The Central Coast. <\/p>\n

Cessnock MP Clayton Barr said last week\u2019s Hunter announcements, which included plans to transform former mine sites into industrial land, had been in the pipeline for years. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always had to work hard in the Hunter \u2013 this election won\u2019t be any different,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

A One Nation insider, responding to Labor\u2019s recent focus on the region, said: \u201cIt must be an election year if Labor are suddenly paying attention to the Hunter again\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll they\u2019ve done for the last three years is attack the critical industries that support our region \u2014 banning all new mining projects, axing coal jobs, and carving up prime farmland with massive transmission lines,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Mr Minns on Wednesday told a business event One Nation was a long-term electoral threat extending beyond being just a \u201cflash in the pan\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have seen it with my own eyes, my own community. They\u2019ve got a big pool of support,\u201d he told a Business Sydney dinner. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve deliberately not come here and said, \u2018One Nation\u2019s a flash in the pan, we don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be a big deal\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Premier also targeted One Nation in his address to the Labor faithful at the party\u2019s state conference earlier this month, eschewing attacks on the Coalition. <\/p>\n

The original DemosAU polling, held from June 15 to 18 of 1038 NSW voters, stated One Nation\u2019s primary vote would be as high as 27 per cent \u2013 just five points below Labor. <\/p>\n

The Coalition\u2019s primary vote was down to 20 per cent. <\/p>\n

Echoing popular sentiment in political circles, analysis of that polling shows a string of inner Sydney Liberal seats could be delivered to Labor with One Nation eating into the Liberals\u2019 primary vote. <\/p>\n

Metropolitan seats which would flow to Labor include Drummoyne, Epping and Ryde.<\/p>\n

The analysis, which is floating around NSW political circles, also states the Nationals would go from 11 seats in NSW to just two \u2013 the Northern Tablelands and Cootamundra.<\/p>\n

One Nation would win 27 seats according to the analysis, despite not yet naming a single candidate for the March 2027 election. <\/p>\n

The analysis layered on the polling doesn\u2019t take into account the benefits of incumbency. <\/p>\n

\u201cSince Farrer, the Liberals have shown no change \u2013 no fight \u2013 nothing to show they\u2019re willing to stick it to the government,\u201d a Liberal source said. <\/p>\n

NSW opposition leader Kellie Sloane has refused to buy-in to questioning over whether she\u2019d seek or accept any deals with One Nation, saying a month ago she was \u201cdetermined\u201d to win voters off the populist party. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf they vote One Nation unfortunately because of the marginal seats in NSW \u2026 that means they\u2019ll guarantee a bad Labor government is returned,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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