One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’
Summary
One Nation has appointed Mike Newman, an investment banker and former trade official, as its New South Wales leader and candidate for the Hunter seat in the 2027 state election. Newman shared some of the party’s policies, including reducing payroll tax and introducing performance goals for public service workers, and said the party wants to remove what it calls “wokery.”Key Facts
- Mike Newman is the new One Nation leader in New South Wales and a candidate for the Hunter seat of Cessnock.
- Pauline Hanson, the federal leader of One Nation, announced Newman’s candidacy.
- Newman previously worked in Japan for 25 years and as a senior trade official for Investment NSW in Tokyo.
- One Nation’s NSW policies include cutting payroll tax by half, removing it in regional areas, freezing the number of public servants, and using business-style performance measures in government jobs.
- Newman said the party does not see itself as racist and pointed to his diverse business connections and Japanese wife as examples.
- Newman said One Nation plans to promote social unity by ending “wokery,” a term used by the party to criticize certain social and cultural ideas.
- The Labor party has held the Cessnock seat for 38 years, with the current member Clayton Barr winning 23.4% more votes than One Nation in 2023.
- Recent polls show One Nation at 25% in NSW, just ahead of the Coalition on 23%, while Labor leads with 29%.
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