Nathan Lambert calls on One Nation to drop Guardiani, saying there is no place for the ideology of the Nazi Party
Nathan LambertLabor member for Preston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, quoted by the Guardian
Labor MP Nathan Lambert, who represents Preston, calls on One Nation to disendorse Guardiani. He says there is a place in Victorian politics for traditional conservative concerns about community safety and government spending, but no place for the horrific ideology of the Nazi Party.
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Adolf Hitler can be described in one word as the "GOAT", an acronym for greatest of all time.
“But there is no place for the horrific ideology of the Nazi Party.”
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One Nation drops Victorian election candidate Franco Guardiani over a post calling Hitler the 'GOAT'
On November 10, 2026, One Nation Victoria disendorsed Franco Guardiani, its candidate for the Melbourne district of Preston at the Victorian state election, after a reply he posted on X calling Adolf Hitler the GOAT, an acronym for greatest of all time, circulated online. The party's Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, said the party was appalled by the comments, and Labor MP Nathan Lambert, who holds Preston, had called for the move. Guardiani confirmed the posts were his, called the decision a fair call and said he believes in free speech.
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Guardian Australia report on One Nation Victoria disendorsing its Preston candidate, Franco Guardiani, after a now-deleted reply on X in which he answered GOAT to a post asking people to describe Hitler in one word. It quotes the party's Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, Guardiani's own response after he confirmed the posts were his, and Labor MP Nathan Lambert, and describes the party's candidate vetting process.
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The Guardian reported that on Tuesday morning Lambert, the Labor MP for Preston and Reservoir, called on One Nation to disendorse Guardiani. Lambert said there is a place in Victorian politics for traditional conservative concerns about community safety and government expenditure.
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The Guardian reported that it was unclear how Guardiani's social media history was not detected during One Nation's candidate selection and vetting.
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The reference point is Franco Guardiani's reply on X calling Adolf Hitler the GOAT and his related posts about Hitler and the Holocaust, with One Nation's decision to drop him as the response. Lambert calls on One Nation to disendorse Guardiani and says there is no place for the horrific ideology of the Nazi Party, which condemns the posts. His remark that conservative concerns have a place in Victorian politics separates those views from the posts and does not qualify the condemnation.
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