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Pauline Hanson has not ruled out sacking a One Nation candidate whose website published a conspiracy-laden article about a refugee Syrian toddler found lying dead on a Turkish beach and a claim the Port Arthur massacre was fabricated.
![Former One Nation candidate Peter Rogers.](/web/20170129140206im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/q/m/p/r/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gtqmie.png/1485562279885.jpg)
Peter Rogers, the party's candidate for the Queensland state electorate of Mulgrave, published an article on his website under the headline "The Drowned Boy, the lie that changed the world".
Mr Rogers claims the post was written by a friend and his website now redirects to a page operated by a man called Paul who claims to have built the site and says One Nation has pressured him to shut it down.
Senator Hanson says she is looking into the matter and would sack Mr Rogers if necessary.
"I have the highest standards that I want from my candidates and I will make the decision if he's up to the job; if not, he won't be there," Senator Hanson told 2GB.
Tasmanian Greens senator Nick McKim says Ms Hanson also needs to apologise over the Port Arthur comments.
"She should not only sack Mr Rogers as a candidate, but she needs to apologise particularly to the Tasmanian people, for comments that are just breathtaking in their insensitivity around something that was such a terrible and tragic event for Tasmania," Senator McKim told the ABC.
![Martin Bryant was jailed for the 1996 Port Arthur massacre that left 35 people dead.](/web/20170129140206im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/c/3/z/n/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gtqmie.png/1484269538908.jpg)
The controversial post claims three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi, who drowned in 2015 while trying to reach Greece, was "alive and well".
It suggests the incident, along with the Port Arthur massacre where 35 people were shot dead in 1996, were made up.
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"The greatest social changes that happen in Australia are founded on total lies and a fabricated incident. Look at Port Arthur," the post reads.
The page now redirects to a site called novamagic.com.au, where someone identifying only as Paul claims One Nation knew about the website many months ago and offered no objections, and Senator Hanson had viewed it herself very recently.
"Pauline Hanson looked at the site only 24 hours previous to this page being written; as far as I am aware the only comment made was to be careful. This was in a telephone conversation with Peter and at no time did Pauline say shut down the website," the page says.
The author said a One Nation representative had emailed him, instructing him to pull down the website because it was unauthorised, but he'd refused.
A spokesman for Senator Hanson has denied the claims, saying there is "no truth" to them.
Senator Hanson is due to hold a media conference on the Sunshine Coast at 11am, where she has flagged a major announcement about her party's plans to win the upcoming Queensland election.
AAP