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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Martin

One Nation’s rapid national expansion in disarray as ‘significant risks’ force dissolution of new branches

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson speak to journalists
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party has directed its branches to properly reconstitute after an internal review. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

One Nation’s rapid expansion of local branches across the country is in disarray, with the party being forced to dissolve and re-establish its new network less than eight months after the ambitious roll out began.

Documents seen by Guardian Australia show the party’s new general manager, Kelvin Morton, issued a directive to the party’s branches in April ordering committee members to properly reconstitute their branches after an internal review uncovered “significant risks”.

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