Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party ROARS Ahead: Firebrand Leader Reveals Plans for 2028 Federal Election Amid Barnaby Joyce Defection Rumours
- Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party is surging in polls, with 12% of upper house votes forecast in SA election
- Hanson announces removal of her name from party title after 28 years, citing need to move beyond ‘one person’
- Rumours swirl around Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce’s potential defection to One Nation, with Hanson saying he’ll make ‘his final decision when it suits him’
Pauline Hanson, the outspoken leader of One Nation, has revealed the party’s future plans amid a name change and speculation around Barnaby Joyce’s potential defection. In an exclusive interview with 7NEWS.com.au, Hanson announced that her name would be removed from the party’s official title after 28 years, citing the need to move beyond being a ‘one person’ party.
‘The party can’t come down to one person, we’re moving on from that,’ Hanson said, explaining that the decision was her own and that she would remain the head of the party. ‘I kept the name there as recognition because there’s so many minor parties out there… but now it’s time to move forward.’
South Australian voters will be the first to see the simplified name during the state election in March, with One Nation forecast to take 12% of upper house votes, according to recent DemosAU/Ace Strategies polling. This reflects national trends, with Roy Morgan polling showing One Nation would attract 12% of primary upper house votes if a federal election was held now.
Hanson believes One Nation’s stance against immigration and net zero policies has resonated with Australians who are feeling ‘completely ignored’ by the major parties. ‘There’s a lot of interest from people who are now turning to One Nation because they’ve had enough,’ she said. ‘They are absolutely over the major political parties. They want change.’
As for Barnaby Joyce, Hanson said he would make ‘his final decision when it suits him’ amid rumours of a potential defection to One Nation. ‘Barnaby has been sidelined by his own party, he was told to go,’ she said. ‘I’m hearing from a lot of people on the Coalition side that they feel the party values and principles have changed and they’re very disillusioned with their own party.’
With her eyes fixed on the 2028 federal election, Hanson plans to produce a ‘full suite of policies that we are actually going to go and present to people’. ‘I’m not going to wait until the last minute,’ she said. ‘I want to prove to the people that you’re not wasting your vote with One Nation.’