{"id":548586,"date":"2026-03-18T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/548586\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:12:14","slug":"pauline-hanson-in-confrontations-with-sa-premier-and-mp-as-one-nation-poll-support-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/548586\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauline Hanson in confrontations with SA premier and MP as One Nation poll support continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Australia’s premier has told Pauline Hanson he will work with any One Nation MPs elected on Saturday, as a new poll shows the right-wing party remains ahead of the Liberals.<\/p>\n

Ms Hanson confronted Peter Malinauskas in the foyer of The Advertiser newspaper building in Adelaide as he was about to debate Opposition Leader Ashton Hurn.<\/p>\n

Neither Ms Hanson nor the party’s lead upper house candidate, Cory Bernardi, were part of the debate organised by The Advertiser and Sky News.<\/p>\n

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When asked about One Nation’s support at an election forum last month, Mr Malinauskas said immigration was needed to provide workers for the state<\/a>, such as in aged care.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Who’s going to feed you and bathe you and wipe your bum when you’re 90?” Mr Malinauskas said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Ms Hanson told the premier: “That’s putting people down and I didn’t appreciate that.”<\/p>\n

Mr Malinauskas said the remarks were reasonable when put in context.<\/p>\n

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Pauline Hanson speaks with a voter in Port Lincoln on Monday. (ABC Eyre Peninsula)<\/p>\n

Agreement to work on issues<\/p>\n

The federal One Nation leader went on to say that her party wanted to work with Labor after the election.<\/p>\n

“I hope that if Cory [Bernardi] wins his seat and we do get some in there, [we’re] quite happy to work with the Labor Party on good policies for this state,” Ms Hanson said.<\/p>\n

Mr Malinauskas said he was “always happy to work with those that are happy to work with us” before wishing Ms Hanson safe travels back to Queensland.<\/p>\n

“We might have violently different views on a number of subjects, but I’m always ready to work with those if the interests are the same,” Mr Malinauskas said.SA election promise tracker<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ms Hanson was later confronted at an early voting centre in Two Wells by SA Best MLC Connie Bonaros, who is up for re-election.<\/p>\n

“How do you sleep at night knowing you do that? You sow division and fear and hate,” Ms Bonaros yelled at Ms Hanson and Mr Bernardi.<\/p>\n

Mr Bernardi said Ms Bonaros was “a very angry person”.<\/p>\n

“Why are you so angry?” he asked.<\/p>\n

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The Electoral Commission says more than 200,000 South Australians have already voted. (ABC News: Trent Murphy)<\/p>\n

One Nation support stays high<\/p>\n

A final YouGov poll of 1,265 voters taken between March 9 and March 17 shows Labor’s primary vote at 38 per cent, up one point from YouGov’s poll in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One Nation was unchanged at 22 per cent, while the Liberals were down one point at 19 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The poll, if replicated on Saturday, would see One Nation finish second for the first time at an Australian election, according to Paul Smith, YouGov’s director of public affairs and public data.<\/p>\n

“The poll shows that the election campaign has remained essentially unchanged,” Mr Smith said.<\/p>\n

“Labor came into the campaign with a large lead and still maintains that large lead. One Nation were second coming into the poll and are still second.”<\/p>\n

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Paul Smith says polling results have barely changed. (ABC News: Andrew Whitington)<\/p>\n

Mr Smith said that Labor would win “most” of the seats in Adelaide, but regional seats would be “complicated” four-way contests between Labor, the Liberals, One Nation and independents.<\/p>\n

“Whether One Nation can win any [lower house] seats will depend on whether the Liberal Party finishes third and their preferences \u2026 elect One Nation,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That’s their only avenue of getting elected even though they will quite probably top the primary vote in large parts of regional South Australia.”<\/p>\n

One Nation will likely win between two and three upper house seats, Mr Smith said.<\/p>\n

The YouGov poll roughly aligns with a Fox and Hedgehog poll published on Tuesday, which had Labor on 38 per cent, One Nation 21 per cent and the Liberal Party 18 per cent.<\/p>\n

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