One Nation - Qld.

[Rorschach]

State Politics
Today in Queensland:
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party has picked up support in Queensland.
The Australian
October 13, 2016
Sarah Elks

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation would snare one in ten first-preference votes if a Queensland election was held now, a new poll from Essential Vision reveals. Essential’s state voting intention polls are taken regularly, but this is the first that’s asked about the re-emergence of Hanson’s political force. 700 voters surveyed in September were asked if an election was held today, which party would get their first preference vote. 37 per cent said the LNP, 35 per cent said Labor, 10 per cent backed One Nation, and 8 per cent nominated the Greens. One Nation appears to have stolen support from both major parties since the January 2015 state election, when the LNP scored 41 per cent of the primary vote, and Labor got 37.5 per cent. On a two-party preferred basis, as of September, Labor would still win the election (52 per cent to the LNP’s 48 per cent after preferences – compared to 51-49 at the last election). The numbers give an indication of the potential influence One Nation will have. And they go some way to explain the strategic tussles that are occurring in both major parties about how best to deal with Hanson and friends.

[Neferti]

I've got a question, Rorschach. You have met Pauline, haven't you? How tall is she?

Hinch is apparently "short" (according to Pickering) .... I call 5'7" short for a male.

[lisa jones]

I've got a question, Rorschach. You have met Pauline, haven't you? How tall is she?

Hinch is apparently "short" (according to Pickering) .... I call 5'7" short for a male.

Well, I know you asked Rorschach...so I hope you don't mind if I answer the question.

She is 5 ft 10.

[Rorschach]

Yep I'm 6'2" so that seems right.

[Neferti]

Thanks to both of you. So Hinch is about 5'7" .... short and fat with a Big Mouth.

[lisa jones]

Thanks to both of you.

So Hinch is about 5'7" .... short and fat with a Big Mouth.

He's definitely a close relative of Arssie then.

[Rorschach]

One Nation soars post-election, Newspoll shows
The Australian
October 17, 2016
Phillip Hudson

Support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party has risen fourfold across the nation since the election and almost doubled to 10 per cent in Queensland, Newspoll shows.

Newspoll surveys taken exclusively for The Australian since the July 2 election reveal support in the House of Representatives for One Nation has climbed to 6 per cent, up from 1.3 per cent on polling day.

One Nation appears to have made its gains over the past four months from other minor parties and independents, as well as ­taking a slice of support from the Turnbull government.

By contrast, support for the other non-major party force at the election, the Nick Xenophon Team, has remained largely ­unchanged at about 2 per cent ­nationally and 21 per cent in its home state of South Australia.

One Nation’s primary vote has jumped to 10 per cent in Queensland, up from 5.5 per cent at the election, where it ran 12 lower-house candidates. The party vote there is also higher than its Senate election vote of 9.2 per cent, which delivered seats for Senator Hanson and Malcolm Roberts.

In NSW, One Nation’s support is 6 per cent, from only 0.6 per cent achieved by its three candidates and, again, is higher than the 4.1 per cent Senate vote that elect­ed Brian Burston.

Similarly, One Nation is polling at 6 per cent in Western Australia, where it did not run any lower-house candidates but where Rodney Culleton won a spot in the Senate with a vote of 4 per cent.

In South Australia, One Nation is polling at 4 per cent and in Victoria at 3 per cent, both slightly higher than in the Senate election. The party did not run lower-house candidates in those states in July.

Senator Hanson and her colleagues hold the balance in the Senate because the government cannot pass legislation opposed by Labor and the Greens without One Nation’s support.

Since the election Senator Hanson has courted controversy, including saying in her first speech that Australia was in danger of being swamped by Muslims.

Last week the government gave Senator Hanson one of its seats, held by the Nationals, on an important parliamentary committee inquiring into the National Broadband Network after she lost a ballot among senators. Communica­tions Minister Mitch Fifield said the government was keen to allow crossbenchers to participate.

Tomorrow Senator Hanson is making a three-day “fact-finding mission” to Norfolk Island, skipping most of this week’s Senate ­estimates hearings.

Newspoll shows voters have continued to move away from the major parties since the election, when 23.2 per cent of people did not vote for the Coalition or Labor — the highest percentage since 1934.

The latest Newspoll shows support for the Greens, minor parties and independents has climbed to 25 per cent, with the Greens ­unchanged since the election at 10 per cent, One Nation’s rise to 6 per cent, NXT at 2 per cent and other parties and independents down from 10 to 7 per cent.

The Coalition’s primary vote of 39 per cent is down three percentage points since the election, while Labor is up 1.3 points to 36 per cent. Based on preference flows from the election, Labor holds a two-party-preferred lead of 52 per cent over the Coalition’s 48 per cent.