Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has once again overtaken Labor to reclaim its title as the nation’s most popular party.
Just hours after winning its first lower house seat in WA and vowing to take on the major parties, core support for the Queensland Senator-led political force has surged to 30 per cent of the primary vote, ahead of Labor on 29 per cent and the Coalition on 19 per cent.
According to Newspoll, which surveyed 1243 voters, Ms Hanson’s personal ratings have also improved, with 44 per cent now preferring her as Prime Minister, though still trailing Anthony Albanese at 56 per cent.
It is another feather in the cap for One Nation, which is still celebrating winning it’s first Legislative Assembly seat in WA, with candidate Luke Herdegen snatching the traditionally safe Labor electorate of Secret Harbour in Saturday’s shock by-election.
Senator Hanson said on Sunday the result was a watershed moment in Australian politics and declared no seat was safe anymore.
“We are the only party that can take the fight to Anthony Albanese where the Liberal Party never could,” Ms Hanson said.
“We’re not splitting the conservative vote. We’re taking on the political establishment.”
In a major speech in Queensland on Sunday, the Prime Minister warned that the conservative populist movement led by Pauline Hanson was not the answer to the issues worrying Australians.
“Parties like One Nation have no serious answers to our problems,” Mr Albanese told the Queensland state Labor conference.
“It’s obvious One Nation are not on the side of working people. Every time they achieve any success, it leads to chaos and division.”
