‘Flabbergasted’: Melbourne-based One Nation candidate running in north Queensland seat

The Greens, Katter's Australian Party and pro-climate action independents don't often sing from the same songbook.

But One Nation's fielding of a candidate from suburban Melbourne to represent the north Queensland city of Townsville has drawn a chorus of condemnation from those rival candidates, one of whom says she is "flabbergasted and disgusted" by the move.

It was not long after midday on 22 April that a representative from the Australian Electoral Commission read aloud the order in which candidates would appear on the ballot for the seat of Herbert.

There were 11 candidates, but one name stood out: Diane Pepe.

It was not Pepe's party - One Nation - which raised eyebrows , but her home address in Pakenham, Victoria.

Pepe was not present at the event, but most of the other candidates were, the Katter's Australian party candidate Clynton Hawks said.

"When they said 'Victoria', we all looked around at one another," Hawks told Guardian Australia.