Politics · Australia · 1 hr ago
Brisbane cafe targeted with one-star reviews after joke about One Nation
Glen Morris runs Glen’s Espresso cafe in Spring Hill, Brisbane, near One Nation’s new office.
He wrote a light-hearted joke on the cafe’s blackboard after learning the party was moving into a nearby building.
One Nation shared a photo of the message on its official Facebook page and said it would support small businesses.
Morris said the cafe then received one-star reviews from people who had not visited, as well as phone calls and abuse.
He said the reviews could have damaged the business’s rating and reputation.
Google removed reviews posted during a 24-hour period, and Morris said he received no response after contacting the party.
A political scientist said online campaigns targeting businesses were becoming more common in right-wing politics.
A Brisbane cafe received one-star reviews and abusive calls after One Nation shared a photo of its owner’s joke about the party.
Cafe owner Glen Morris said the reviews came from people who had never visited the business and were intended to damage it.
Google removed reviews posted during a 24-hour period after the review-bombing was noticed.
One Nation’s Facebook caption said the party would support small businesses regardless of their owners’ politics.
One Nation did not respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.
- Who
- Glen Morris, owner of Glen’s Espresso, and One Nation supporters.
- What
- The cafe faced one-star reviews, phone calls and abuse after One Nation shared a photo of Morris’s joke about the party.
- When
- The joke was posted on the Thursday before the article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Glen’s Espresso in Spring Hill, Brisbane.
- Why
- Morris said the response was prompted by his joke about One Nation relocating its head office nearby.
Glen Morris
One Nation
Interpretation of the joke
Glen Morris
Morris described it as a light-hearted, innocuous joke.
One Nation
One Nation’s Facebook caption responded to the joke but said the party was lucky to be near cafes, including Morris’s.
Response to criticism
Glen Morris
Morris said the party’s post did not make clear that the joke was tongue-in-cheek and said its supporters tried to harm his business.
One Nation
The party said it would support small businesses regardless of their owners’ politics.
So it was a definite and deliberate attempt by their followers to ruin someone’s livelihood, based on what I perceived to be a fairly innocuous joke that wasn’t in any way harmful.
We will always support small businesses, regardless of the owners’ politics.
One Nation demands tolerance for their own opinions, but refuses to extend that right to their critics.
It’s like there’s now an army of barrackers that we’ve not really seen before, whose mission seems to be destroying any hint of progressive thought,
Morris wrote a joke on his cafe’s blackboard about One Nation moving its head office nearby.
One Nation posted a photo of the blackboard on its official Facebook page.
Morris said one-star reviews began appearing on the cafe’s Facebook and Google profiles.
Google removed reviews from the 24-hour period.
- Cafe
- Glen’s Espresso
- Owner
- Glen Morris
- Location
- Spring Hill, Brisbane
- Nearby party office
- One Nation’s new head office on Wharf Street
- Review platforms
- Facebook and Google
- Review removal
- Google wiped reviews from a 24-hour period
Sources
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