CRIME

‘Failed’: One Nation candidate’s electoral fraud

By Andrew Hedgman

One Nation’s Redcliffe candidate has pleaded guilty to electoral fraud after lodging a state election funding claim containing false and misleading information.

Simon Salloum, 57, a small business owner, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday for sentencing.

Salloum, who runs Simon’s Fruit and Vegetables in Redcliffe, had sought $6554.44 in election funding for the 2024 state election when he received 7.5 per cent of the vote. 

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