One Nation hoping its last-minute campaign blitz will secure Western Australian votes

ABC NEWS (Australia)

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.

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