Pauline Hanson has denied ever being a racist in a heated interview where she also offered her premier a dire warning.
The One Nation Senator said Queensland Premier David Crisafulli had taken her party for granted after she helped him secure a win at the last state election.
Senator Hanson, 71, provided the Liberal National Party with 11 seats, due to her party’s preferences, to secure Crisafulli’s win over Labor in October.
Without those seats he would never have won and she said the premier should thank her.
‘He didn’t even call,’ she told the Courier Mail on Saturday.
She added that her allegiance was not a certainty, especially if she feels taken advantage of or sidelined.
Senator Hanson also rebuked any claims that she had ever been racist in the past like many others label her.
While her comments are sometimes seen as radical, the senator believes most of them have since become mainstream and so therefore they were not racist.
Senator Pauline Hanson said she has never been racist
The Senator slammed her premier David Crisafulli for never thanking her after she helped secure his win at the last election
Senator Hanson said she had ‘copped a lot of abuse’ over her explosive language but it had all been worth it in the end.
‘If you look back at what I’ve said over the years there is nothing I’ve said that is racist,’ she said.
‘To be racist is to believe that one race is superior to another, which I have never done.’
Instead she said her comments were intended to spark debate on the topics of immigration and multiculturalism.
When leaders around the world, including former Prime Minister John Howard, started critiquing the same subjects Senator Hanson said she felt vindicated.
Regardless of the negative comments surrounding her she said none of it mattered after One Nation picked up another two Senate seats at the last election.
One person who Senator Hanson said was offensive was Pauline Pantsdown, a drag queen performer who parodies her.
Senator Hanson said the performer was ‘a horrible person’ who has made and is still making derogatory comments about her.
Senator Hanson said she intends to quit politics when the time is right unlike Bob Katter who is still serving at the age of 79
Meanwhile, Warwick Stacey in New South Wales and Tyron Whitten, in Western Australia, were also both able to secure seats in the 2025 Australian Federal Election.
They joined Senator Hanson, who won re-election in 2022, and Senator Malcolm Roberts in parliament.
Together they have vowed to fight against net zero policies, immigration volumes and free speech.
Despite her party’s successes Senator Hanson has said she had no desire to remain in politics forever.
Unlike Bob Katter, 79, who has held his seat in Queensland’s north for decades, Senator Hanson said she would quit when the time is right.
‘I don’t want to be around for that bloody long, I can tell you,’ she said.
