Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price takes swing at One Nation over ‘family dynasty’ claims

Liberal frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has taken aim at One Nation, suggesting Pauline Hanson runs a “family dynasty” without thorough democratic processes.

The criticism comes as Coalition MPs are split on their willingness to work with One Nation, including Liberal MP Andrew Hastie who declared “war” on the minor party.  

While Ms Nampijinpa Price has previously said the Coalition had to “work with One Nation”, she criticised the party as a “family dynasty” on Thursday.

Asked by Sky News for her assessment of Ms Hanson’s One Nation, Ms Nampijinpa Price said: “Look, I think it’s her party.”

“I appreciate the fact that I’m part of a democratic party where we know that it’s a democratic process to elect our leader in our party,” she said.

“I suppose for Pauline’s politics, it’s about handing down a family dynasty but I do believe that we have roles, in that we need to call out this terrible Labor government.”

Ms Price was previously rumoured to be defecting to One Nation but ruled out the possibility following an invitation from Ms Hanson.

She added that she didn’t think the Coalition’s “fight” was with Ms Hanson’s party but with the Labor government.

The remarks came weeks after Ms Hanson said her daughter, Lee Hanson, would be a great asset for One Nation while speaking at a function in Perth.

“I don’t know how long (her political career) it’s going to be, but I’m not going anywhere ’til I know that I’m comfortable to hand on to the next one to carry on my legacy,” Ms Hanson said.

Nationals MP Llew O’Brien later questioned whether One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce would be content to take on a secondary role to Lee Hanson.

“I don’t think Barnaby signed up with One Nation to play second fiddle to Lee (Hanson),” Mr O’Brien said.

The Coalition’s latest broadside comes as senior Liberals sharpen their attacks on One Nation following the party’s dramatic rise in the polls.

Mr Hastie announced he was “declaring war” on One Nation and said he would not “die wondering” in the battle against Ms Hanson’s party.

One Nation topped the latest Sky News Pulse / YouGov poll with 30 per cent of the primary vote, while the Coalition hit an all-time low of 17 per cent.

The polling found the Coalition has lost 46 per cent of its 2025 federal election voters to One Nation.