Trent Nikolic, filling in for Michael McLaren, has outlined how Anthony Albanese is gaslighting the country and turning people against each other following One Nation’s success at the Secret Harbour by-election.

“The Prime Minister has confused preferences with core support. He’s forgotten that only one-third of the voting public actually wanted him as its leader. And rather than embrace the concerns of the Australian people, he’s made the choice to disparage, disregard, and talk down to those who think differently to him. It’s the lowest form of leadership that you could possibly conjure,” he said.

“A vote for One Nation as a measurable reaction to where his government is currently at,” he said.

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