One Nation candidate targets Indians

A One Nation candidate has courted controversy on his first day on the job, complaining that Indians own most of the local convenience stores.

One Nation state director Ian Nelson made the comments shortly after he announced that he would run for the key seat of Ashgrove.

“Ninety-five per cent of those 7-11 stores are now run by Indian families,” he told the Nine Network on Thursday.

“Now what’s happened to the Australians that man those, that have those leases?

“Now they’ve gone, they’re out.”

Asked whether he was worried about being labelled racist, Mr Nelson replied, “How is that being a racist?”

Labor member for Ashgrove Kate Jones wasted no time taking to Twitter to ask Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman whether he was still considering a preference deal with the One Nation party.

“Is Campbell Newman still refusing to put One Nation last after Ian Nelson’s comments on Channel 9” she tweeted.

However, Mr Newman had ruled out doing deals with any minor parties or independents at a shadow community cabinet meeting in Ashgrove earlier on Thursday.

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