A candidate running in an Australian state poll
stripped off at an electoral commission office on Thursday in a bid
to highlight the rights of nudists, a report said.
Stuart Baanstra disrobed at the central Sydney building before
being ushered away by security, carrying a sign saying "nude is not
rude", according to the AAP news agency.
Speaking outside the commission room, where he arrived wearing a
robe and a bow-tie bearing the Australian flag, Baanstra said he
was a nudist and a gay man who "believes in the rights of people to
live without clothes".
Baanstra, who is standing as an independent for a upper house
seat in the New South Wales state election later this month, made
the bold move during a draw to determine the position of candidates
on the ballot paper.
He was swiftly bundled out of the room, but later revealed he
had been wearing a black g-string.