‘Flabbergasted’: Melbourne-based One Nation candidate running in north Queensland seat

One Nation candidate Diane Pepe, whose home address is in Pakenham in Melbourne’s south-east, is contesting the seat of Herbert, which is based around the Queensland city of Townsville. Photograph: Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

The Greens, Katter’s Australian Party and pro-climate action independents don’t often sing from the same songbook.

But One Nation’s fielding of a candidate from suburban Melbourne to represent the north Queensland city of Townsville has drawn a chorus of condemnation from those rival candidates, one of whom says she is “flabbergasted and disgusted” by the move.