{"id":889597,"date":"2026-09-12T17:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/889597\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T17:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:52:19","slug":"police-called-to-one-nation-event-after-clash-between-passer-by-and-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/889597\/","title":{"rendered":"Police called to One Nation event after clash between passer-by and volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have been called to a One Nation<\/a> event in Melbourne<\/a>\u2019s north, after a clash between a passer-by and volunteers.<\/p>\n

It happened during a meet-and-greet with Essendon candidate and ex-footballer John Barnes<\/a>, who\u2019s been gagged by the party.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police have been called to a One Nation event in Melbourne\u2019s north, after a clash between a passer-by and volunteers.\u00a09News<\/p>\n

A member of the public said she wanted to see what was happening inside the Ascot Vale Neighbourhood Centre.<\/p>\n

The woman alleges she was shoved out of the venue.<\/p>\n

“He said ‘it’s a paid event for One Nation, it’s a paid event’ and this woman comes charging at me, another old bloke in there, who I filmed, pushed me and then the old bloke comes out and he’s just shoving me out the gate,” she told 9News.<\/p>\n

The media was also shut-out of the event.<\/p>\n

Those inside the venue have a different version of events.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

It happened during a meet-and-greet with Essendon candidate and ex-footballer John Barnes, who\u2019s been gagged by the party.\u00a09News<\/p>\n

“She just threw one of our volunteers to the ground, and he’s an elderly man,” an organiser told 9News.<\/p>\n

Neither party was willing to share their own footage of the incident.<\/p>\n

The woman called police who attended and spoke with her. Officers later returned to speak with One Nation personnel.<\/p>\n

\u201cA passer-by attempted to enter a ticketed event \u2026 There was a disagreement between the passer-by and a person at the event,\u201d Victoria Police told 9News.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe female was pushed and sustained minor injuries. Police are investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked what happened, Barnes said he had \u201cno idea mate, I was inside\u201d.<\/p>\n

A One Nation party spokesperson similarly said they were unaware of the incident and there was nothing to add.<\/p>\n

Tight-lipped is a theme for the party, making plenty of noise politically.<\/p>\n

Like other candidates, Barnes hasn’t been available for interview since being unveiled as a state election candidate more than three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Barnes said he\u2019ll leave the talking to team captains Pauline Hanson and Warren Pickering (pictured), until \u201clate September, probably October\u201d.\u00a0Jason South<\/p>\n

“It’s just a policy we’ve got at the moment mate,” Barnes told 9News of the gag order.<\/p>\n

“We all follow rules and I come from a sport it’s a team game.”<\/p>\n

Barnes said he’ll leave the talking to team captains Pauline Hanson and Warren Pickering, until “late September, probably October”.<\/p>\n

That will be just weeks before what polls suggest will be tight tussle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have been called to a One Nation event in Melbourne\u2019s north, after a clash between a passer-by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-889597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}