One Nation's Victorian ad depicts machete and explosives-vest stereotypes

One Nation reportedly played an AI-generated ad at its Victorian campaign launch on the weekend before 9 October 2026 for November's Victorian state election. It uses the slogan "Take Victoria Back" and depicts a young African man wielding a machete, a Middle Eastern-looking man wearing an explosives vest, plus derogatory portrayals of Indians and Indigenous Australians. Subtle it ain't.