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Federal election day 20: Pauline Hanson unloads in explosive interview
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has opened up about the strip club scandal that has engulfed her party, describing it as "a kick in the guts". FOLLOW OUR ELECTION BLOG.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has broken down in tears in a TV interview as her party faces a strip club scandal involving Steve Dickson. FOLLOW OUR ELECTION BLOG.
The explosive, which aired on A Current Affair, came after One Nation's Queensland leader and Senate candidate Steve Dickson dramatic resigned following the broadcast of footage og him at a strip club in the US.
It comes as former prime minister Kevin Rudd has joined the campaign trail for Labor, looking almost unrecognisable as Deputy PM Michael McCormack defended a preference deal with One Nation, saying "you have to do what it takes".
Mr McCormack also faced questions about his survival as the leader of the Nationals, and if Barnaby Joyce would eventually take his job.
Earlier, Bill Shorten copped a ribbing on radio today for not knowing the price of a popular electric car, as Labor ruled out funding pay rises beyond childcare workers.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison also downplayed his loss in the first leaders debate saying Australians will decide on polling day. Already, the number of people pre-polling has almost doubled after voting stations opened yesterday across Australia.
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Originally published as Federal election day 20: Pauline Hanson unloads in explosive interview
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Pauline Hanson has faced off with Tracy Grimshaw in a fiery and emotional interview on A Current Affair.
The One Nation leader began her interview by angrily accusing Channel Nine of paying for the leaked Al-Jazeera footage of Steve Dickson's lewd behaviour at a US strip club.
Senator Hanson described the scandal as a "kick in the guts" and told Grimshaw she had "concerns" for Dickson after his dramatic resignation this morning following ACA's broadcast of the footage last night.
She slammed the Australian electoral system as "corrupt" and angrily denied that she approved the controversial trip to the US by One Nation staffer James Ashby and Mr Dickson, where they met with members of the NRA gun lobby.
"I knew they were going over there but do I put words in their mouth, do I tell them they have to say these things?
"I've been absolutely devastated by the whole lot. I'm furious about this. Do you think I've worked all these years to try and get change in this country?"
Senator Hanson cited other politicians embroiled in “scandals” who had not been damned like One Nation candidates.
“Kevin Rudd goes to a strip club, Craig Thomson with a credit card,” she said.
“Corruption, Eddie Obeid, paedophiles, everything.
“They sail through it. No, let us give Pauline Hanson a kick in the guts.
“I have been let down dreadfully.”
The One Nation leader broke down in tears when asked by Grimshaw why she still wanted to be in politics, saying she had "made a change for people", particularly the farming sector.
Senator Hanson said if she could turn back time, she would have told Dickson and Ashby "not to go to America".
The defiant One Nation leader said she was still supported by the Australian public and denied that she ever claimed the Port Arthur massacre was a government conspiracy.
Hanson fires back in explosive interview
Pauline Hanson has faced off with Tracy Grimshaw in a fiery and emotional interview on A Current Affair.
The One Nation leader began her interview by angrily accusing Channel Nine of paying for the leaked Al-Jazeera footage of Steve Dickson's lewd behaviour at a US strip club.
Senator Hanson described the scandal as a "kick in the guts" and told Grimshaw she had "concerns" for Dickson after his dramatic resignation this morning following ACA's broadcast of the footage last night.
She slammed the Australian electoral system as "corrupt" and angrily denied that she approved the controversial trip to the US by One Nation staffer James Ashby and Mr Dickson, where they met with members of the NRA gun lobby.
"I knew they were going over there but do I put words in their mouth, do I tell them they have to say these things?
"I've been absolutely devastated by the whole lot. I'm furious about this. Do you think I've worked all these years to try and get change in this country?"
Senator Hanson cited other politicians embroiled in “scandals” who had not been damned like One Nation candidates.
“Kevin Rudd goes to a strip club, Craig Thomson with a credit card,” she said.
“Corruption, Eddie Obeid, paedophiles, everything.
“They sail through it. No, let us give Pauline Hanson a kick in the guts.
“I have been let down dreadfully.”
The One Nation leader broke down in tears when asked by Grimshaw why she still wanted to be in politics, saying she had "made a change for people", particularly the farming sector.
Senator Hanson said if she could turn back time, she would have told Dickson and Ashby "not to go to America".
The defiant One Nation leader said she was still supported by the Australian public and denied that she ever claimed the Port Arthur massacre was a government conspiracy.
PM's message to real estate agents
A room of real estate agents, mortgage brokers and property investors have met in Perth’s northern suburbs to deride Labor’s housing and tax changes.
Scott Morrison said “I am on your side” to the highly-vetted audience who expressed concern about Labor’s proposal to limit negative gearing to new housing and halve the capital gains tax concession from 30 per cent to 15 per cent
One real estate agent said he was worried the negative gearing changes would “kill the goose that laid the golden egg”.
Mr Morrison said Labor was accusing those in the property industry of being “rorters”.
“Now if you want to go and buy and investment property to pay for your future you’re some billionaire who is trying to rort the system,” Mr Morrison said.
“Don’t believe how Bill Shorten is describing you.”
“He is describing people in this room as rorters, as tax dodgers as the big end of town and you are running a small or family business, you are raising your families, you are trying to provide for your own retirement and buy your own home.”
But Mr Morrison refused to bite when one man called for an end to agencies such as the Australian Human Rights Commission who he claimed were causing division in the community.
– Annika Smethurst
Hanson spills guts in tearful ACA interview
Embattled One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is set to open up about the party scandal that has left her reeling in a tearful interview on A Current Affair tonight.
Senator Hanson's one-on-one chat with host Tracy Grimshaw comes after this morning's resignation of One Nation's Steve Dickson over leaked footage of his shocking behaviour and lewd comments at a strip club in the US.
A preview of tonight's interview shows Senator Hanson looking visibly distraught and upset.
"I cop all this s—, all the time, and I'm sick of it. Absolutely sick of it," she says.
"I've had Fraser Anning, I've had Brian Burston. I've had a whole list of them, David Oldfield, you name them. Where are they now?"
Grimshaw than asks Senator Hanson: "Why are you still in it? "Why don't you walk? Look at what it's doing to you."
The interview will air at 7pm AEST.
Liberals accused of age pension backtrack
Bill Shorten has accused the Liberals of "lying" about increasing the age pension rate after a candidate was caught out with the pledge on his campaign bus.
Warren Mundine, the Liberal's star candidate for Gilmore, has now repainted his bus to remove a promise to voters that the party would increase the pension.
The Opposition leader has slammed Scott Morrison for his candidate's misstep.
"Everyone knows Mr Morrison’s record, he cut the pension and he tried to increase the pension age to 70," Mr Shorten said.
"Cutting the pension is bad enough, lying about increasing it makes it so much worse."
He said Labor would "protect the pension from Liberal cuts".
The Opposition leader will fly out of Perth this afternoon.
It's expected he will travel to Adelaide, where Labor is hoping to win Nicolle Flint's marginal seat of Boothby.
– Claire Bickers
An independent election candidate has accused the Liberal Party of orchestrating a fake poll in a bid to discredit her, a suggestion Senator Mathias Cormann has labelled "completely insane".
Louise Stewart provided The Weekend West newspaper with data she said was from polling company uComms about the safe Liberal seat of Curtin, held by former foreign minister Julie Bishop with a 20.7 per cent margin.
The newspaper reported Ms Stewart had commissioned the research, which pointed to a 20 per cent swing against the Liberals.
But after uComms revealed it had not done the work, Ms Stewart claimed she'd been hoodwinked, insisting the data was emailed to her by a third party and forwarded unverified by her inexperienced campaign team.
She has refused to name the MP.
– AAP
Fake poll claim 'completely insane'
An independent election candidate has accused the Liberal Party of orchestrating a fake poll in a bid to discredit her, a suggestion Senator Mathias Cormann has labelled "completely insane".
Louise Stewart provided The Weekend West newspaper with data she said was from polling company uComms about the safe Liberal seat of Curtin, held by former foreign minister Julie Bishop with a 20.7 per cent margin.
The newspaper reported Ms Stewart had commissioned the research, which pointed to a 20 per cent swing against the Liberals.
But after uComms revealed it had not done the work, Ms Stewart claimed she'd been hoodwinked, insisting the data was emailed to her by a third party and forwarded unverified by her inexperienced campaign team.
She has refused to name the MP.
– AAP
Scott Morrison at the ship yards yesterday. Picture: Gary Ramage
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Bill Shorten paid Scott Morrison a compliment today by visiting the Henderson shipyards.
The Prime Minister was at the shipyards in Perth yesterday to announce three new warships costing $1 billion would be made in WA.
Mr Shorten headed to the shipyards today to speak with factory workers and to unveil a $115 investment in WA's defence industry.
It includes $105 million for the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson and $10 million to create the WA Defence Industry Support Centre.
Mr Shorten delivered an fiery stump speech, vowing Labor would invest in local manufacturing and give them job security, while acting to boost wages and bring down the cost of living.
"My bosses are you," Mr Shorten told the workers.
"My bosses are the working and middle class people of Australia.
"My bosses are not the big banks, my bosses are not the owners of the newspapers or the television stations."
– Claire Bickers
Shorten in Morrison's footsteps
Scott Morrison at the ship yards yesterday. Picture: Gary Ramage
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Bill Shorten paid Scott Morrison a compliment today by visiting the Henderson shipyards.
The Prime Minister was at the shipyards in Perth yesterday to announce three new warships costing $1 billion would be made in WA.
Mr Shorten headed to the shipyards today to speak with factory workers and to unveil a $115 investment in WA's defence industry.
It includes $105 million for the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson and $10 million to create the WA Defence Industry Support Centre.
Mr Shorten delivered an fiery stump speech, vowing Labor would invest in local manufacturing and give them job security, while acting to boost wages and bring down the cost of living.
"My bosses are you," Mr Shorten told the workers.
"My bosses are the working and middle class people of Australia.
"My bosses are not the big banks, my bosses are not the owners of the newspapers or the television stations."
– Claire Bickers
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