Key facts
- Newman said One Nation would run candidates in all 93 lower house seats, having announced only him so far.
- Deves said she would seek changes to state laws on discrimination, hate speech, vilification and birth certificates.
- Newman described the upper house candidates as authentic people from the real world, not career politicians.
- One Nation requires state election candidates to sign non-disclosure agreements barring discussion of candidacy with media.
One Nation's New South Wales leader, Mike Newman, announced four candidates for the state's Legislative Council on November 15, 2026, including Katherine Deves, who ran for the federal Liberal Party in the seat of Warringah in 2022 after being handpicked by then prime minister Scott Morrison.
Deves said she joined One Nation in September and was standing "because I wanted to be a part of the rescue, recovery, and restoration of our nation". She cited cost of living pressures in fuel, housing and energy, and said that if elected she would seek changes to state laws on "discrimination, hate speech, vilification, birth certificates".
The other candidates are Arnon Wither, a construction worker from the Hunter region who works as an electorate officer for Senator Sean Bell; Manti Steele, a farmer and teacher from Dubbo; and Daniel Hill, a surf lifesaver from the state's south coast. Newman described them as "authentic", "people from the real world" and not "career politicians".
Newman is One Nation's only announced lower house candidate, in the electorate of Cessnock, but he said the party would run in all 93 lower house seats. The NSW election will be held on March 13.
One Nation requires candidates at state elections to sign non-disclosure agreements preventing them from discussing their potential candidacy with the media. News24 reported in October that Deves would run as an upper house candidate; when Guardian Australia contacted her about a potential candidacy that month, she directed inquiries to the party's part-time media adviser, Vikki Campion, and the party said it had confirmed only three candidates at that time.