Former One Nation candidate Singleton's Stuart Bonds has endorsed Shooters Fishers Farmers's Upper Hunter candidate Sue Gilroy.
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Mr Bonds, who works in the coal mining industry, fell out with One Nation over their support for the controversial Federal industrial relations reforms. Mr Bonds is endorsing Ms Gilroy as she has made a commitment to improving standards and compensation for coal miners within the region.
This commitment has extended more widely by the Shooters Fishers and Farmers party as they have agreed to move a Notice of Motion for a Bill in NSW parliament before the by-election to propose changes to mining workers compensation. The proposed Bill will ensure that casual workers are compensated like Full time employees, as well as licensing on restricting the abuse of employers on casual workers.
Mr Bonds performed strongly for One Nation in the 2019 federal election in the seat of Hunter, recording more than 21 per cent of the primary vote.
He spent two years campaigning against casual mine workers and wage theft. He recently quit after One Nation senators Malcolm Roberts and Pauline Hanson supported a bill on March 17, that could halve casual miners' compensation claims in class actions for working regular hours.