Hunter vote gatherers
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday March 11, 2011
Depending on your point of view, there may be only one thing better, or worse, than one Hanson. Two of them. Well, two Seccombes anyway. Pauline Hanson's little brother David Seccombe, 53, is attempting to ride into politics on his sister's coat tails. The siblings are among nine from the Hunter region who have nominated for the Legislative Council under the one banner. Must be something in the water. Many, like Hanson, pictured below, hail from an enclave north of Newcastle based around Nelson Bay. Her brother lives at Salt Ash. Hanson's neighbour at Corlette, the real estate agent Stephen Mulcahy, has joined her on the ticket. The rest, including Hanson's former One Nation national director Brian Burston, Rosalyn Wright and the retired accountant John Cantwell, live around the shores of Lake Macquarie. Hanson has had blanket coverage, spending much of her time telling eager breakfast talk show hosts she is not a racist. Joining her on the ticket is Kate McCulloch, pictured above, a mother of four from Mount Hunter who attracted national attention as the poster girl for Camden's Muslim-shy residents in May 2008 when councillors voted unanimously to reject a proposal for an Islamic school.
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