Katherine Deves to stand for One Nation at NSW state election

One Nation's New South Wales leader, Mike Newman, on Sunday announced four candidates for the Legislative Council, the upper house of the state parliament, and Katherine Deves is among them. The state election will be held on 13 March.

Deves announced that she joined One Nation in September. She was previously handpicked by former prime minister Scott Morrison to run in the federal seat of Warringah in 2022.

The other three upper house candidates are Arnon Wither, Manti Steele and Daniel Hill. Wither is a construction worker from the Hunter region who works as an electorate officer for Senator Sean Bell. Steele is a farmer, teacher and mother of eight from Dubbo. Hill is a surf lifesaver from the state's south coast. Stuart Bonds is One Nation's lead upper house candidate.

The party's lower house line-up is much shorter so far. Newman is its only announced lower house candidate, standing in the seat of Cessnock. He said One Nation would run candidates in all 93 lower house seats at the election.

Candidate selection for One Nation at state elections carries an unusual condition. The party has required candidates to sign non-disclosure agreements, which prevent them from discussing a potential candidacy with the media. That requirement helps explain why candidates are typically revealed by the party rather than by the individuals themselves.