The “great replacement” conspiracy theory pushed yesterday by a leading One Nation candidate was central to the same rally in Melbourne a week ago.

Billionaire mining tycoon Gina Rinehart is secretly directing One Nation’s party strategy, according to its former national campaign director.

Men donned in prominent neo-Nazi co-opted insignia marched with yesterday’s One Nation headlined anti-immigrant rally in Melbourne.

One Nation has been selling racist stickers attacking Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe, depicting her as disheveled and on her hands and knees, along with the words “you stole my land”.

The biggest funder of both One Nation and far-right lobby group Advance is refusing to say whether the political entities should tone down their hateful rhetoric.

The global leader of the Exclusive Brethren sect — alleged to have run a secretive multi-million dollar campaign for Peter Dutton — claims he came into the role via a global “spontaneous acceptance”.