The Age, 4 August 2026
Inside the world of the self-described conspiracy theorist anointed One Nation’s Victorian leader
From Patrick Hatch
One Nation’s new Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, is a self-described conspiracy theorist who has claimed Australian government policy is controlled by a cabal of foreign “globalists”, and endorsed the idea that the world economy was deliberately crashed to trigger a “great reset”.
Extremism researchers say Pickering’s repeated references to a tyrannical global elite running the world tap into long-running conspiracy theories that have historically had antisemitism at their core.
Scrutiny of the new Victorian party leader, who was formally endorsed by Pauline Hanson this week, comes after One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts was condemned last month for sharing material riddled with anti-Jewish tropes.