Australia news live: SA Liberal leader defends sending preferences to One Nation as ‘we’re in the business of getting rid of the ALP’

Ashton Hurn , the South Australia opposition leader, said the Liberals will preference One Nation over the Labor party in her seat of Schubert in the state’s upcoming election.

Hurn spoke to RN Breakfast this morning, saying there were a “number of different scenarios” the Liberals had planned across dozens of seats, but the priority was “getting rid of the ALP”.

double quotation mark We’re in the business of getting rid of the ALP.

The ALP are a bad government here in South Australia.

They have proven time and time again that they’re more interested in PR and politics than they are on delivering practical outcomes for South Australians.

But this is not a vote of confidence in One Nation.

In fact, far from it.

But you’ve got to put people somewhere on the ballot.

That’s the decision that we’ve made.

And this is a vote of no confidence in the government.

And that’s who I’m focused on defeating at the election on Saturday.

double quotation mark We’re in the business of getting rid of the ALP.

The ALP are a bad government here in South Australia.

They have proven time and time again that they’re more interested in PR and politics than they are on delivering practical outcomes for South Australians.

But this is not a vote of confidence in One Nation.

In fact, far from it.

But you’ve got to put people somewhere on the ballot.

That’s the decision that we’ve made.

And this is a vote of no confidence in the government.

And that’s who I’m focused on defeating at the election on Saturday.

Hurn said she wasn’t concerned about One Nation becoming the opposition party in SA.

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Ashton Hurn.

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