Nationals Senator Bridget Mackenzie has defended the Coalition's decision to accept One Nation preferences this election. Strategists are warning the decision may hurt the Opposition's chances in metropolitan seats given One Nation's stance on Islam and immigration.
00:06I don't know. That's a question you need to actually ask Pauline Hanson.
00:12But how can you not know? She came into the parliament wearing a burka.
00:16Yeah, I was sitting in the aisle as she strode down.
00:21You know, Pauline Hanson can answer for her policies.
00:25She can answer for her preferences.
00:27I'm very, very comfortable with our preferencing offering.
00:31We're focused on actually delivering an offering for rural and regional Australia that backs our mining, that backs our agriculture, that gets roads built, that delivers the regional Australia future fund, a $20 billion fund that's going to future-proof it against Labor governments that cut funding to the regions.
00:50There's 9 million of us out there.
00:52We produce a lot of the wealth that people like Jim Chalmers take for granted and are happy to pocket.
00:58Let me ask you this. When she did walk in with the burka, when she did walk in with the burka, did you think that was offensive?
01:07I can't comment, I guess, PK, on what people choose to wear.
