One Nation: Pauline Hanson and Steve Dickson asked to leave Sunshine Coast shopping centre
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and new Queensland recruit Steve Dickson have been asked to leave a Sunshine Coast shopping centre midway through a press conference.
Senator Hanson and Mr Dickson, the Member for Buderim who last month defected to One Nation from the LNP, were asked to move on and told they were not given permission to be at the centre.
The pair was there to introduce the One Nation candidate for Nicklin, Steven Ford, who is bidding to replace retiring independent MP Peter Wellington in the next Queensland election.
Mr Dickson was interrupted mid-sentence by the property manager for the centre, telling them they were on "private property".
"We have tenants that won't appreciate that this is happening here, you were told that you didn't have permission to come," she said.
Mr Dickson apologised and asked the manager to jump in front of the microphones, "sorry, please jump in front of the journalists".
"We're appeasing the media," Mr Dickson said.
It is understood the assembled media had chosen the spot for the press conference to take place, not Senator Hanson or Mr Dickson.
The woman told Mr Dickson and Senator Hanson there was a town square nearby where they could conduct the conference.
The media conference continued on an adjoining footpath.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, one-nation, liberal-national-party-queensland, pauline-hanson, nambour-4560
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