Officeworks Hornsby refuse to print Fraser Anning Party Warringah candidate’s leaflets

An Officeworks shop has refused to print a Fraser Anning Party candidate’s campaign literature which states we are ‘overrun’ by an Islamic element imposing ‘vile sharia law’.

Brian Clare says he is seeking legal action. Picture: Julian Andrews

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Officeworks has refused to print a Fraser Anning Party candidate’s campaign literature which states we are overrun by an “Islamic element” imposing “vile sharia law”.

Brian Clare, who is standing in Tony Abbott’s seat of Warringah for Fraser Anning’s Conservative National Party, says he is outraged and is threatening legal action against the firm.

Mr Clare visited the Officeworks in Hornsby last week and ordered 1000 A4 pamphlets which feature his policies.

Fraser Anning. Picture: Glenn Hunt

However, he got a call later that day from the store manager who said they would not be printing his order.

“How dare they read my material without my permission,” Mr Clare said.

“He claimed my comment was defamatory to the Islamics. I’m furious.”

Officeworks head office backed store staff when contacted.

“At Officeworks, we respect our customers’ right to free speech; however, our terms of use prohibit customers from printing materials which may be threatening, abusive or which incite hatred of any person,” a spokesman said.

“We have a clear print and copy policy which is set out for customers online and in stores and the team is educated about when to apply this.”

Hornsby Officeworks. Picture: Google Maps.

Mr Clare’s campaign literature called for a stop to “further Islamic migration to OZ including family reunions.”

“We are full up,” he states, “overrun by a Islamic element intent on imposing the vile sharia law.”

He also calls for the Koran to be censored “to remove hatred killing clauses of whites/Christians to be able to comply with religious schools accreditation, and only the

Aussie value teaching standards will be allowed to taught [SIC].”

Mr Clare, who lives 35km outside the electorate in Galston, told the Manly Daily by winning the election he hopes to make it “easier for patriots to breed” because the “Islamics are out breeding us”.

Brian Clare (far left) with five of the other candidates for Warringah. From left Suellen Marree Wrightson; Brian Clare; Emanuele Paletto; Kristyn Glanville; Dean Harris and Heather Barnes. (AAP Image / Julian Andrews).

When put to him that his comments are racist and inciting hate, he said: “It’s not racist because I’m talking about a problem and how to deal with it.”

It is not the first time Fraser Anning and his party have made the headlines in recent months.

The Senator was condemned following his comments in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre in which he suggested Muslim immigration was to blame for the shooting.

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