One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been thrown after her freshly unveiled NSW leader began speaking Japanese during his inaugural press conference.<\/p>\n
Senator Hanson trekked to coal country in NSW\u2019s Hunter Valley to spruik Mike Newman \u2013 a former finance industry executive who lived in Japan for 25 years and served as NSW\u2019s trade envoy to the country.<\/p>\n
Now Sydney-based, Mr Newman will run for the Labor-held seat of Cessnock in next year\u2019s state election.<\/p>\n
Mr Newman was taking questions in Singleton with Senator Hanson when a reporter flagged him down with a question in Japanese.<\/p>\n
As he started responding in Japanese, Senator Hanson cut him off.<\/p>\n
\u201cExcuse me, I think everyone else might like to know,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Mr Newman apologised before summarising the question.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question was basically that Japanese large businesses have lost a lot of confidence because of the lack of predictability (in government policy), all right?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He then went on to respond in Japanese, translating his answer afterwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo basically what I\u2019ve told her is that what One Nation will be doing is providing predictability, which is the one thing the Japanese investors crave, and make sure they invest in this state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are not going to be jacked up with new royalties to help pay for governments that can\u2019t stop their spending addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Newman\u2019s links to Japan cropped up again at the end of the press conference when another reporter asked how he could understand local issues if he lived 200km away in Sydney.<\/p>\n
He responded that he had been \u201cliving in Japan for the last 25 years, so \u2026 I\u2019ve probably been living in Japan longer than Sydney\u201d.<\/p>\n
He could not name any specific issues but said he was \u201cmeeting with the locals\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not working just for the seat of Cessnock \u2013 I\u2019m working for the whole of New South Wales,\u201d Mr Newman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd rest assured \u2026 we are going to bring prosperity to these regions by rational, sensible economics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before swiftly ending the press conference, Senator Hanson chimed in to play down Mr Newman\u2019s stint abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s right across the issues of New South Wales regardless of the fact that he\u2019s been living in Japan for the last 25 years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knows the issues here, and he\u2019s always kept his eye on politics here in Australia, constantly, all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that NSW Premier Chris Minns had \u201creally got a fight on his hands\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018Extraordinary\u2019 claim<\/p>\n
Labor Cessnock MP Clayton Barr addressed the media later on Friday.<\/p>\n
He accused Mr Newman of using some of his first remarks as a candidate to advocate for sending manufacturing jobs overseas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find it just extraordinary that a candidate would be nominated anywhere in the Hunter and one of the first things that they might say is, \u2018We want to send those manufacturing jobs back offshore\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a long history of being fantastic at what we do. We should be proud of what we do, and we should lean into it as part of our future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maitland-based Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison, who was in Kurri Kurri with Mr Barr, said she had run against One Nation before when asked if she was concerned.<\/p>\n
She said she was \u201cconcerned\u201d about plans to \u201cget rid\u201d of investment in the Hunter. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat concerns me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI listen to our community, I converse with them all the time. They want the future for the local businesses that rely on domestic manufacturing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re providing certainty about jobs in our region, which was ignored under the former Liberal and National government, and that\u2019s exactly what One Nation will do too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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