‘He’s wrong’: Pauline Hanson says Andrew Hastie won’t be spared by orange tsunami in Federal Election

Pauline Hanson says Andrew Hastie will not be spared in her plan to turn WA orange at the next federal Election - warning him she is coming for his seat.

In the after wash of a shock One Nation win in the Labor heartland of Secret Harbour, Senator Hanson said she expected the Party to begin preselecting candidates in WA for the 2028 poll in the early part of next year – Mr Hastie’s seat of Canning in her sights.

“He (Andrew Hastie) is now concerned about losing his seat – and of course, what happened in Secret Harbour is a clear indication of where people are casting their vote, in part of his seat,” Senator Hanson said.

“Andrew needs to put his head down and work for his electorate.

“If he thinks he’s going to be saved, and that I won’t run a candidate in his seat, he’s wrong.”

Senator Hanson said One Nation would run candidates in all of WA’s 16 federal seats, saying it was clear West Australians wanted an option to voting either Labor or Liberal.

“Andrew Hastie has taken it personally because I’m standing a candidate in his seat,” Senator Hanson said.

“He feels insulted by that, as if I shouldn’t run a candidate in Canning.

“But he has to realise that I’m an individual political party and a lot of voters are looking to One Nation now who don’t want to vote for the Liberals, or Labor.”

In WA, Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party holds 11 out of 16 seats – with the Liberals holding four and Teal MP Kate Chaney holding Curtin.

Under Basil Zempilas, the WA Liberals preferenced One Nation in Secret Harbour – a decision that ultimately delivered One Nation its first seat in the Legislative Assembly of the WA Parliament.

Senator Hanson praised Mr Zempilas for preferencing her candidate Luke Herdegen, saying the Secret Harbour by-election was a template for how the federal Liberals should fight the next federal poll.

“What I liked about Zempilas is that he actually did work with One Nation in that seat,” Senator Hanson said.

“He could see the writing on the wall, having no chance of winning the seat.

“So, he worked with us (One Nation) to oust Labor.

“That’s what the Libs have to wake up to.

“They have to work with us, if they want to change government.”

But the idea of working with One Nation at the 2028 poll is not likely to sit well with Mr Hastie, who just a few weeks ago in a television interview with the ABC, bagged Mr Zempilas’ Secret Harbour campaign.

“This is a state election contested on state issues, and I don’t accept this idea that a win for One Nation is a win for the Liberal Party,” Mr Hastie told the ABC.

Senator Hanson said One Nation had plenty of money to splash in WA next federal election.

She has previously told The Nightly that One Nation would be specifically targeting the Labor seats of Hasluck and Pearce at the federal Election, with Bullwinkel also in her sights.

At a One Nation function in WA in June, a venue in Midland just around the corner from Labor member for Hasluck, Tania Lawrence was chosen for the event.

“We have raised $5 million in the Fire the Liar campaign,” Senator Hanson said.

“Our word was to get rid of Labor, and that’s what the money will be used for.”