Hi,
Thought you might all be interested in this. It is from the ABC Web
Site. I understand that One Nation will be appealing.
Graham Y
Court finds One Nation
registered by fraudulent means
The Supreme Court in Queensland has ruled that the
One Nation Party in Queensland was registered by
fraudulent means.
The decision was handed down this morning by Justice
Roslyn Atkinson in the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
The case against One Nation, which has been running
for more than 12 months, was brought by former
candidate Terry Sharples who had claimed the party
had been registered with the names of people who
were not party members.
The decision means One Nation will not receive
$500,000 frozen by the State Electoral Commission
after the State election in 1998.
The One Nation Party has closed ranks after the
ruling,
refusing to comment on the decision.
One Nation national director David Ettridge says the
party's lawyers are currently reviewing the Supreme
Court verdict and an announcement will be made later
this afternoon.
A spokeswoman for Pauline Hanson says the One
Nation Leader is unavailable for comment.
Sharples
Outside the court Mr Sharples welcomed the decision,
but said there were many people who had tried to
prevent him taking the action.
"We've got a lot of dishonesty still in this State,
we've
got a lot of politicians who are covering up because
they knew this court case was going to have
ramifications on their own positions," Mr Sharples
said.
"Every door in Queensland was closed to me legally.
"It's just amazing really that a person in this
State can
still achieve justice."
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Graham Young
Phone:
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61 7 3252 1471 F
0411 104 801 M
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