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<\/p>\nPauline Hanson has called on the Liberal Party to \u201cget out of the gutter\u201d and work with One Nation as voters head to the polls in Victoria\u2019s Nepean by-election.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The One Nation leader said the contest on the Mornington Peninsula reflects growing frustration with major parties, with her candidate Darren\u00a0Hercus\u00a0pushing for a breakthrough in the lower house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The by-election has become a three-way race between the Liberals\u2019 candidate Anthony Marsh, One Nation\u2019s Mr Hercus, and Independent Tracee Hutchison, after Labor opted not to contest the seat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It comes months out from the state election and is being closely watched as a test of shifting voter sentiment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms\u00a0Hanson said her party had built strong momentum on the ground in recent weeks\u00a0and claimed support was building.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But\u00a0Ms\u00a0Hanson accused the Liberal Party of running misleading campaign material in the final days.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey put out some false advertising \u2026 to tell people that we intend to privatise the Rosebud Hospital, which is wrong,\u201d she\u00a0told Sky News host Caleb Bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are talking about a private-public partnership.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said voters were tired of political tactics and wanted a clearer focus on policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what the people are fed up with,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’re\u00a0sick and tired of the political parties telling lies\u00a0…\u00a0misleading information about policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish they’d put this much time and effort into telling people what they’re going to do for the state.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Liberal Party is seeking to\u00a0retain\u00a0Nepean, a seat it previously held, but faces pressure from One Nation\u2019s rising support in Victoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Polling in recent months has shown a shift towards minor parties, with One Nation recording gains across the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One Nation would secure 26 per cent of the primary vote in Victoria if a federal election were held today, according to Sky News\u2019 April 7 Pulse poll, conducted by YouGov.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A six-point gain places the party ahead of Labor at 25 per cent and the Coalition at 21 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It means One Nation is the most popular party in two states after coming out ahead of Labor in Queensland in the March\u00a0poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms Hanson said the by-election was about more than one seat and is going to show the state’s dissatisfaction with the Allan government.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people are screaming out for change. They want to get rid of the Jacinta Allan government\u00a0because\u00a0it has destroyed the whole state,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said the Liberals needed to consider working with One Nation if they wanted to form government after the November election.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’ve got to start working with One Nation,\u201d she said of the Liberal Party in Victoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms\u00a0Hanson said her priority was to remove the current government and address issues she said were affecting Victorians.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy aim is to get rid of that Labor government that has done so much damage to the state,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pointed to concerns around crime, taxation,\u00a0and public services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’ve been hammered into the ground,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ve got escalating crime, you don’t have enough police, you’ve police stations that have shut \u2026 then you’ve got escalated land taxes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ve got the state\u00a0that’s\u00a0in debt for $190 billion.\u00a0It’s\u00a0really a real problem in Victoria,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the push for cooperation, Hanson confirmed there had been no discussions with Liberal leadership about preferences or broader election strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The outcome in Nepean could influence negotiations ahead of the state election, particularly if no party secures a clear majority.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Ms\u00a0Hanson said her party\u2019s long-term goal was to hold balance of power and work with others to form government.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we get enough seats,\u00a0then\u00a0we can actually work with the Libs to give them government and kick out the Labor government down there,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Voters will head to the polls on Saturday, with the result expected to provide an early\u00a0indication\u00a0of how the state election may unfold later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pauline Hanson has called on the Liberal Party to \u201cget out of the gutter\u201d and work with One…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,10940,298933,44,60504,14754,311309],"class_list":["post-643072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-liberal-party","tag-nepean-by-election","tag-news","tag-one-nation","tag-pauline-hanson","tag-victoria-by-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}