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Aoi Baxter, a candidate vying for the Adelaide seat, is facing legal challenges in the UK. He is allegedly wanted by a UK court for not responding to accusations of inappropriate sexual contact with a woman.
Following these allegations, Baxter was removed from the One Nation party. Consequently, his image was taken down from early voting locations, delivering a significant blow to the party, which is currently polling as the second most popular in the state.
Although Baxter was hesitant to speak publicly today, he did issue a brief comment.
“The one thing I will say is I believe in innocent until proven guilty,” Baxter expressed to 9News.
“That’s all I’m going to say at the moment, but I will be releasing a full statement soon,” he added.
The party is yet to comment on the allegations.
Earlier, One Nation South Australia leader Cory Bernardi said success at the election would be having any candidates win a place in parliament.
“I can guarantee you if we have one voice, two or 10, we will have the strongest voice for all South Australians.”
Despite One Nation’s confidence, rivals are not convinced.
“I couldn’t name you a single positive policy that One Nation are talking about implementing,” Liberal leader Ashton Hurn said.
Premier Peter Malinauskas said One Nation was a party based out of Queensland that had “zero plans for South Australia”.
Today, the premier was focused on major infrastructure as he toured a concrete facility in a nod to Labor’s commitment to the Torrens to Darlington Project.
“My only hope is that I can wake up on Sunday morning and just get back to work,” Malinauskas said.
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