Late in the night, after all the sunlit expectations had turned to shock and tears, Pauline Hanson disappeared into the dark clutching a bottle of Bundaberg rum.

Though she had declared defiantly that "I still believe there's a lot of support for One Nation" and "One Nation is not finished", Queensland voters had delivered Hanson, a daughter of the state, a night from hell.

Pauline Hanson's One Nation had lost its state leader and had not managed to capture a single seat.

Pauline Hanson watches the results roll in.
Pauline Hanson watches the results roll in. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
When all the counting eventually finishes, perhaps it will have one: Marini, an electorate stretching along the coast and hinterland between Rockhampton and Mackay.

Up there, a gun dealer and feral pest controller named Stephen Andrew was polling well, but he hadn't even watched the count, it was reported.

If he manages to gain the seat, Andrew of Western Action Firearms and CQ Feral will be One Nation's leader in Queensland.

Steve Dickson and a handful of supporters watch the results being reported on television.
Steve Dickson and a handful of supporters watch the results being reported on television. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Hanson and her followers spent Saturday in Buderim on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, supporting the then state leader, Steve Dickson, a former frontbench MP with the Liberal National Party before he defected to Hanson.

Hanson and Dickson were surrounded by a swirl of upbeat well-wishers for much of the day, leading her and her campaigners to declare that everyone would be surprised: the party was going to perform a lot better than the media's prediction of just a handful of seats. They dismissed downbeat polls outright.

"That's what they all said about Donald Trump, and now he's President," became the refrain of the day.


But as the sun went down and the blithe One Nation crowd retreated to the double garage of a suburban house for what was supposed to be a down-home celebratory evening, reality kicked in,

Less than an hour after polls closed, joy had fled. Trump wouldn't be turning up.

Dickson stared at the TV and saw only grief for his political career. Soon, the screen was revealing devastation everywhere for One Nation.

It seemed impossible to some in attendance - Pauline Hanson's latest faithful adviser, James Ashby himself, had said from his seat on the Channel Nine panel that "we may pick up as many as 10 seats … I would think we will still hold the balance of power in this Parliament".

But that was then, before the counting revealed the wreckage.

One Nation supporters watch Ipswich candidate and former senator Malcolm Roberts concede defeat.
One Nation supporters watch Ipswich candidate and former senator Malcolm Roberts concede defeat. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Hanson tried to raise spirits by recalling that she had lost her federal seat of Oxley in 1998, not much more than two years after entering Federal Parliament.

"And now look at me," she said.

It was supposed to be reassuring.


She didn't mention that she'd come back to Parliament, this time in the Senate, with three victorious colleagues only last year … and that not one of those three are still there.

Especially, she didn't mention the shambles earlier this year when One Nation was supposed to burst triumphantly into the West Australian State Parliament. The party's campaign was a dog's breakfast, its expected vote of 13 per cent barely made it to 5 per cent, and it didn't get a single candidate into the state's lower house, though it won three seats in the upper house. Both One Nation and the WA Liberals emerged torn and ragged, having done a preference deal.

These months later, the same scenario was unfolding in Hanson's home state, where there is not even an upper house to help her party save some face.

There was only one thing for it.

With a few wall-eyed diehards wordlessly chewing on cold pizza, Hanson bade farewell and took her bottle of Bundy into the night.

She will go , they all do , the two parties always make it happen

Its time wrote on Nov 26^th, 2017 at 4:23pm:



Yeah we know how the two parties "always make it happen" - change the rules and change the boundaries to suit themselves

Pauline's night from hell

Its time wrote on Nov 26^th, 2017 at 4:23pm:

The Libs won't want her to go: without her they would have lost the furniture and you can take that to the bank: she almost won one, or maybe even two!

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Nov 26^th, 2017 at 6:51pm:


Getting a bit abusive mate , bit down about your crushing defeat ?

Its time wrote on Nov 26^th, 2017 at 7:52pm:

The mechanic can't believe how much The country hates copper Internet and that that is their only legacy after John Howard!

Don't worry about mechanic: he'll never get over it but don't worry anyway 

Oh, and they've also got the legacy of using the Pauline Hanson dog whistle to avoid the absolute landslide and the lies of their sore loser leader who actually believes to this day that one nation handed labor victory!

These blue blooded idiots are so full of self loathing over copper Internet they can't think straight!

It's friggin hilarious and this result that was in no small part due to the Libs being in bed with Hanson will be talked about forever, especially all the way to the federal election when Turnbull finally gets forced to eat his shite sandwich!

Bye bye llibbo c words   

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Nov 26^th, 2017 at 6:51pm:


True, and generally it should be moved to Qld forum.  But the implications for federal makes it fit this forum.

Its time wrote on Nov 26^th, 2017 at 4:11pm:



' ..........  its expected vote of 13 per cent barely made it to 5 per cent, and it didn't get a single candidate into the state's lower house, though it won three seats in the upper house. ....... '

Drat, that is a pity.
I was busy over the weekend and did not follow the results.

pauline is not the right person to be leading an alternative conservative party.

she is emotional, angry and always looks like she is pissed off.

bernardi is a much better fit.

paulines supporters would tend to be angry rightards and thats not much of an improvement from being an angry leftard.

we want a strong powerful emotionally mastered confident and competant man to lead the conservative side of politics.

now, he probably wont get much support.

fat steve and fat janeen wont be able to relate to an awesome leader who tells them that they need to focus on their responsibilities more then their rights.
its going to take a long time to chip away at the "taker; mentality of your average voter.

but stay the course, stay true to yourself and as Bill and the lefties lead us to catastrophe, people will be strangley drawn to this new form of Noble Right.  pauline aint it and her supporters arent it. they would be better off focusing on personal development and then joining a more noble party

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Nov 26^th, 2017 at 6:51pm:


Mechanic, maybe you should learn how to post links in your own posts before you start calling other people lazy turds.

But it has been a bad few weeks for you right wing loonies
First the SSM vote and now this
You bunch of clowns are clearly just a noisy minority

John Smith wrote on Nov 27^th, 2017 at 11:32am:


Yes, $10 a lesson........to be a bumb bugger..........or does it come naturally.....ya know in your genes?????

aquascoot wrote on Nov 27^th, 2017 at 8:57am:

Hanson is about as sane as a bag full of ferrets. She hasn't got the temperament to be leading the bad guy into the ring at a pro wrestling fight, let alone lead a political party. She's also got a huge pile of unanswered questions about her probity and appears to be in it just for the money. Where does the One Nation money really go? She won't say. One of the surest ways of getting her to lose her temper is to highlight these issues. She's still got a grudge against the ABC for daring to investigate the issues around her party's accountability. She's as suspect as a nine-dollar note and about as worthless.

love the meme leftie

OK time to shoot some myths.
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pauline is not the right person to be leading an alternative conservative party.



she is emotional, angry and always looks like she is pissed off.









bernardi is a much better fit.



paulines supporters would tend to be angry rightards and thats not much of an improvement from being an angry leftard.



we want a strong powerful emotionally mastered confident and competant man to lead the conservative side of politics.



now, he probably wont get much support.

fat steve and fat janeen wont be able to relate to an awesome leader who tells them that they need to focus on their responsibilities more then their rights.
its going to take a long time to chip away at the "taker; mentality of your average voter.

but stay the course, stay true to yourself and as Bill and the lefties lead us to catastrophe, people will be strangley drawn to this new form of Noble Right.  pauline aint it and her supporters arent it. they would be better off focusing on personal development and then joining a more noble party

One Nation is about to get over $1,000,000 dollars from the taxpayers for reach a certain quota. Nice little earner, that.

Can anyone tell me whose pocket that money is going into?

Look up the ABN. It's called "Pauline Hansen's One Nation Party". And unlike the ALP, LNP, and even the Katter Party, Pauline Hansen's One Nation party is incorporated. I believe that means it's owned by someone.

Do you know who Pauline Hansen's One Nation Party is owned by so we can work out where the one million dollars of taxpayer money is going?

The Greens have the right idea....Wasn't it James Ashby who wanted to rip off One Nations  own candidates by inflating the price of election material....What a scum bag this bloke is???

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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/pauline-hanson-how-...

Grendel wrote on Nov 29^th, 2017 at 4:59pm:


The link works for me???

Grendel wrote on Nov 29^th, 2017 at 5:09pm:


I posted a link to the quote I used in my post....I fail to see what you are complaining about???

With a few wall-eyed diehards wordlessly chewing on cold pizza, Hanson bade farewell and took her bottle of Bundy into the night

philperth2010 wrote on Nov 30^th, 2017 at 12:31am:

Don't talk to me about throwing petty insults you hypocrite you've been doing quite a lot of it of late.
I made my point.
YOU still don't get it.
I have no idea why your English skills are so poor.
Go argue with a mirror.

Grendel wrote on Nov 30^th, 2017 at 6:03pm:


The link I posted was about One Nation and electoral funding....You have not even addressed the topic and instead troll for attention....You do not get to tell me what I can and cannot post mate....Please refrain from ever responding to me again dickhead!!!

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/pauline-hanson-how-...

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Its time wrote on Nov 30^th, 2017 at 6:36pm:


She might need this:

cods wrote on Nov 30^th, 2017 at 6:46pm:


The link in red shows who got what Cods!!!

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Shuddup Grendel you boorish imbecile

Grendel wrote on Nov 30^th, 2017 at 10:18pm:


You said....

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Then you go and post a link that says exactly the same thing you dickhead!!!

I know who the "dickhead" hypocrite TROLL is Phil...  go look in a mirror.

BTW Phil you started abusing and insulting me long before I posted those figures for cods.
The reason I recently posted the election figures I did is because someone had no idea people got paid for running.
And the qld election figures are not available yet.

Grendel wrote on Dec 1^st, 2017 at 11:22am:


Bullshit....You should have read the article instead of being a dickhead!!!

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What you posted....and you criticised me for posting the above link wanker....

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Dickhead!!!

philperth2010 wrote on Dec 1^st, 2017 at 5:20pm:

Oh fer Chrissake.
How thick are you phil.

I even posted the facts again and YOU STILL DONT GET IT OR ARE TOO BLOODY MINDED TO ADMIT YOU ARE WRONG.

I commented on your original post dickhead.
NOTHING....  doesn't even comment on the topic.
I later commented on cods question.
NOTHING to do with your original unrelated to topic post dickhead.

Just go away and find another bridge to TROLL.

One more time so phil can drown in his stupidity...

Grendel wrote on Dec 1^st, 2017 at 11:22am:

Let me type slowly for you.
My first comment was on your comment and link.
My other comment provided information on something else entirely you dope.
You originally thought the link didn't work for me, my subsequent comments were on your misunderstanding dope.
Now run along tail between your legs and stop wasting my time.

Wassup phil too proud to admit you were wrong?

Grendel wrote on Dec 1^st, 2017 at 6:35pm: