WHAT WAS CLAIMED
One Nation incorrectly spelt Farrer on a candidate's corflute.
OUR VERDICT
False. The election hoarding is a prank and does not depict a One Nation candidate.
AAP FACTCHECK - One Nation is being jeered for misspelling the name of an electorate on a candidate's election hoarding, but the sign is a workplace joke.
The corflute depicts a supposed candidate named David Hirst for the "Farrier region", an apparent reference to the NSW regional seat of Farrer, where a by-election is due to be held.
However, the campaign sign has nothing to do with Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Instead, it is the result of a prank between work friends in the electorate.
The claim is in a Facebook post featuring a photo of a corflute tied to a fence.
"These One Nation goons can't even spell the proper name of Sussan Leys former electorate!" the caption reads.
Another post claims: "... on their Corflutes for the new By Election in FARRER ( Sussan Ley's Seat) they can't even bloody spell FARRER correctly".
Photos of the poster are also being shared on X.
"You'd have to wonder how good a job the One Nation candidate would do if he either can't spell or doesn't care enough to find out the name of the electorate," one caption states.
However, David Hirst is not a One Nation candidate.
The party has announced it will run a candidate in the Farrer by-election, triggered after former federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley resigned from parliament. However, the chosen candidate has not been confirmed.
A One Nation statement said three individuals - David Farley, Leigh Wolki and Guy Cooper - would contest pre-selection at a meeting on March 7.
One Nation has confirmed that the election sign is not authentic.
"One Nation has no knowledge of this David Hirst person," a party spokesperson told AAP FactCheck. "He is not a candidate for One Nation in any seat."
The corflute in the images also does not display the actual One Nation logo, which features a Southern Cross, nor does it match the hoarding design used by the party at previous elections.
AAP FactCheck also contacted David Hirst, an Albury local, who confirmed the poster was made by his co-workers as a joke and that he has no association with One Nation.
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