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‘I’m not Gina’s puppet’: Hanson predicts upset in Victorian polls

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 08, 2026 • 06:00 PM
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The One Nation leader says she is no one’s pawn and warns that the experts “will be shocked” at how well her party does in the Victorian election.

‘I’m not Gina’s puppet’: Hanson predicts upset in Victorian polls

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says that securing Victoria’s energy supply and cracking down on crime will be the key to any deal with the Coalition, as she rejected claims she is Gina Rinehart’s puppet and warned the experts “will be shocked” at how well her party does at the November 28 state election .

During a 40-minute interview from her home in Queensland on Sunday, after visiting the Victorian seat of Murray Plains the day before, the 72-year-old senator hit back at new claims about party officials with links to bikie gangs and strip clubs, saying the major parties were working with dirt units because of the threat she poses to their power.

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