Pauline Hanson says One Nation wants to work with the Liberals and Nationals \u2013 including on preferences deals \u2013 to defeat Labor and has offered to prop-up a future minority Coalition government.<\/p>\n
But Hanson ruled out forming an official coalition with the two conservative parties, declaring she will never agree to an arrangement \u201cwhere I will be told what I can say, what I can do\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Liberals and Nationals are wrestling with how to respond to One Nation\u2019s surging support, which threatens to erode their already diminishing voter base across the country.<\/p>\n
The first proof of a realignment of the political right came at last weekend\u2019s South Australian state election, where One Nation could win up to four once-safe Liberal seats. The ABC has called the seat of Ngadjuri for One Nation while the party is also favoured to win MacKillop, Narungga and Hammond.<\/p>\n
The federal Coalition is preparing to apply greater scrutiny to Hanson\u2019s policy agenda as it attempts to prevent an SA-style collapse nationwide.<\/p>\n
The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, used closed-door party room meetings on Tuesday to emphasise the need to fight One Nation without criticising or alienating their supporters.<\/p>\n
Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email<\/a><\/p>\n Liberals sources said Taylor made clear that One Nation was not an ally, citing its decision to reject a preference deal with the party in SA.<\/p>\n The SA Liberals encouraged voters to preference One Nation ahead of Labor, but the the right-wing populist party did not reciprocate.<\/p>\n Speaking at a Minerals Council event on Wednesday, Hanson accused the federal Liberals of \u201cbloody-mindedness\u201d for acting as though One Nation was the enemy.<\/p>\n She signalled the party was prepared to do deals in the future, noting One Nation had agreed to preference swaps with the LNP at the 2024 Queensland state election and with the Coalition at the 2025 federal election.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople want change. They want to get rid of the Labor party<\/a>, by all means. So as I said, work with me,\u201d she said in a message to Taylor and the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan.<\/p>\n Hanson guaranteed One Nation would offer confidence and supply to a future Coalition minority government, but ruled out a formal power-sharing partnership.<\/p>\n