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Dumped One Nation candidate blames Ashby

One Nation candidate Shan Ju Lin has been dropped from the party less than a month after it was announced she would stand in the Queensland election.

Anti-gay Facebook prompt One Nation leader to dump Bundamba candidate Shan Ju Lin. Picture: Facebook
Anti-gay Facebook prompt One Nation leader to dump Bundamba candidate Shan Ju Lin. Picture: Facebook Source: Facebook

Dumped One Nation candidate Shan Ju Lin says being dropped from the party has come as a "complete surprise" and nominated Pauline Hanson's chief-of-staff as the reason for her disendorsement.

Ms Lin is the second candidate to fall out with One Nation less than a month after it unveiled part of the team it would take to the 2018 Queensland election.

The Taiwanese-born Ms Lin was dropped as the Bundamba candidate on Saturday night a day after she posted on Facebook that "gays should be treated as patients".

A statement from Senator Hanson's office said Ms Lin was disendorsed after she continued to post "disparaging comments" on her personal account despite a warning from a party official on Friday.

"I will not stand by and allow people to trash the party or my name, so I make no apologies for being tough on candidates," Ms Hanson said in the statement on Sunday.

Ms Lin said the decision to disendorse her candidacy had come as a "complete surprise" as One Nation had no policy on homosexuality, other than to support a referendum on gay marriage.

"The speed of the disendorsement decision - without any chance to defend myself - has also been remarkable," Ms Lin said.

Ms Lin said she had not been able to speak directly to Ms Hanson, who could only be contacted through her chief-of-staff James Ashby.

"I would suggest that the alleged issue was far more important to Mr Ashby than the membership or executive of One Nation," she said.

Mr Ashby made headlines in 2012 when he lodged a sexual harassment suit against then-Speaker Peter Slipper that he ultimately dropped.

Ms Lin said her "wholehearted support" for Ms Hanson remained.

"I look forward to the internal issues within One Nation being finally resolved for good," she said.


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