Former NSW Liberal leads overhaul of One Nation candidate selection process
Summary
Mark Jones, a former NSW Liberal who joined One Nation as a political consultant in February, has helped redesign the party’s candidate selection process in New South Wales. The changes introduce interviews, background checks and video applications, but One Nation has continued to endorse candidates with controversial backgrounds.Key Facts
- Jones was among the final three candidates for the NSW Liberal state director role in 2023, according to Liberal sources.
- Jones left the Liberal Party in January and now helps select and vet One Nation candidates.
- Former Queensland Nationals executive Susie Douglas is assisting Jones with candidate interviews.
- In NSW, Jones and Douglas interview applicants and recommend candidates to a committee made up of the state leader, president and secretary.
- NSW applicants complete a shorter online questionnaire and submit a 60-second video explaining why they want to join One Nation.
- One Nation uses police and credit checks as part of its endorsement decisions.
- One Nation’s Melbourne candidate, Matthew Collins, resigned on Sunday and apologised for deleted social media comments that the party called offensive.
- The article reports that One Nation had received 900 applications for 93 positions by September.
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