The recent election of two One Nation MPs to Western Australia's upper house has given party leaders hope of electoral success at this weekend's federal vote. Pauline Hanson has made a flying visit to the west, in a last minute pitch to try to pick up a senate seat.
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00:00The annual Nullarbor muster is one of the biggest events on the social calendar in outback
00:07Western Australia.
00:10And even in this remote corner of Australia, punters haven't been able to escape the campaign
00:15circus with a surprise visit from One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.
00:24She's hoping the party's electoral success at the WA state election translates to the
00:28federal sphere.
00:29People appreciate being able to see me, say hello and it's just, I'm real.
00:38One of the party's new WA MPs is optimistic.
00:43People were writing us off early as One Nation but I was telling people I'm pretty confident
00:46One Nation are doing well, I don't know how many seats we're going to win.
00:51Miss Hanson's fly in fly out visit is part of a last minute blitz across the WA to shore
00:55up some support across the state.
00:57The party is hoping to reach voters out here who are dissatisfied with the major parties.
01:02And it's not hard to find them.
01:03I don't think the major parties can go get stuffed.
01:06I'm obviously a sheep farmer.
01:11What the Albany government has done to the Western Australian rural community is beyond
01:15belief.
01:16She's been the crowd favourite now for, I forget how long, but a fair while.
01:22One Nation fell well short of the Senate seat last time but One Analyst isn't ruling out
01:28their chances completely.
01:29One Nation in country WA polled something like an average of 7% first preference votes.
01:34That's better than in city seats.
01:38So that's where One Nation's strength lies and that's why its preferences could be so
01:43important.
01:44Voters will decide how good a day it is on Saturday.
01:47Thank you so much for inviting me I love you guys so much.