What would Pauline Hanson do as PM?

Pauline Hanson, thank you so much for joining me.As you said yesterday, have a look at the mess we've now got.So, you know, why not make you Prime Minister instead?So what are the first two things that you would do as Prime Minister to fix that mess?

Andrew, although the polls come out at 31 % and we are the most popular party in Australia now, it's still another year and a half or two years before the next election.I personally think Albanese will call an early election and it'll be about October, November next year.So he'll bring down a softer budget next year and then he'll call an election.He knows he's in trouble.Right?So the writing's on the wall.

So look, who knows what's going to happen.But as I've always said, Andrew, the two things that need to change is the mass migration into the country.Pull back the numbers on that.Allow the country to recalibrate.That means, you know, get housing for people.You've got over 130 ,000 homeless in Australia.

And we need to address that, the homelessness, the housing.that needs to be addressed is the climate change, net zero.That is causing so much destruction in the country.I'd shut down the Climate Change Department, that would save about $30 billion a year.And then get rid of all the net zero, these wind turbines, solar panels, just stop it straight away.If we've got to pay out on the contracts, and so be it, because they're doing so much damage to our country.

And hence, get the coal -fired power stations going again, kick them in, and bring down the prices of power.

Immediately your biggest problem now, isn't it, is to find a lot of great candidates and very fast to potentially form a government.I mean, if that's what the polls are saying, let alone a government that works.But Pauline, in the past, I mean, I've covered this, it's just stunned me sometimes.You've had people elected into Parliament as One Nation candidates and then go and potentiallyyou, stab you in the back, go their own way.Sarah Gane, last one, quit.

Brian Burstyn, quit.Fraser Anning, quit after literally one hour.Rod Culloden, quit.Mark Latham, quit.Rob Robson, quit.So I was stunned to read that your new MP, David Farley, has immediately gone against your policy and announced that he's going to fly three flags over his office, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ones.

What promise can you give that the One Nation candidates that people vote for actually stick with One Nation and its policies once they get elected?

There's a couple of answers in that one.You've said Rod Culleton had a conviction against him prior to him going into Parliament, which you didn't tell me about, so that was a constitutional matter.Then you had Mark Glatham, and of course there was a whole issue about his comments.Brian Burstyn, he left because I would not re -endorse him again to stand for the Senate.So there's grievances there.So there has been grievances along the way and I'm not going to go into it all with all of them.

So we're a minor party.Andrew, when I came back into the party to lead it in 2015, there was nothing.We had no paid up membership.We had no office.We had absolute nothing.The organisation that I have built over the 10, 11 years is different to what it was when I came back.

We have now a strong team around us.We've got people that we know that have been around us for some time now.And the candidates, the quality of candidates now that I have got coming forward are very, very good candidates.And I'm not ready to announce who they are.just yet but anyway we've had 1 ,500 expressions of interest for people to actually stand for us as candidates next federal election so the vetting process is going on at the moment.Now when you talk about David Farley I spoke to him about

this and he said the media kept going on and on and on.He never said that he was flying three flags, he said he believes in the Australian flag but he said you know you have to actually acknowledge other other people here in the nation.And of course they thought that was, oh, I'm flying three flags.As I said to him, and there is only one flag that is the Australian flag.Now, David Farley, you know, he's new to it.He doesn't understand of getting caught up in it and the gotcha moments and all the rest of it.

So he is very much one nation and he is very much one flag and that's what he represents.But he's also mindful of the Aboriginals and trying to work with them in his own electorate.So he's trying to find his feet with that.He's probably not as much upfront as what I am.Andrew, one flag.There won't be three on the floor of Parliament.

I made that quite clear.There won't be any more Welcome to Country.We will not be divided anymore in this nation and it is one nation.

Yeah, well I think you're being a bit generous to his comments.It was a bit more declarative than that.But it's interesting that you've got him to pull his skull in if that's indeed what's happened.Pauline, how many politicians in the Liberal and Labor parties today do you have your eye on to join you?Because you do need some experience, provided of course you can persuade them.I know that you do rate South Australian Liberal Senator Alex Antic very highly.

How many more would you rate and want?

Well, actually, none, to tell you the truth.I've had a couple that have shown an interest to me, but I'm not interested, Andrew.I don't want them.You know, unless they've shown some calibre and backbone to stand up and fight for the issues of the Australian people, or are they just on their own?see the writing on the wall and want to just protect their seats in Parliament.I've got too many great grassroots Australians people from either barristers, doctors, tradies, all these people that really would love to represent their communities.

Why would I take people on board that have done nothing, they've been given the opportunity and they don't have a voice to speak up and fight for their concerns?Australian people, why would you get those people that have been part and parcel of the mess that we have in Australia now?So to tell you the truth, I'm not really interested.

Can I go back to, you know, a lot of people will be getting their heads around the idea of Pauline Hanson Prime Minister after years of treating you like dirt.So let's give them a few little chewing points.Our spending is out of control, as you know, and it's not just causing this inflation that's making people poorer, leaving the young generation with massive debt that they'll have to pay off, but it's also left many Australians dependent on handouts.I think it's like a moral hazard.I'll give you an example.Free childcare, even for well -off parents who don't even need the childcare to go to work.

They can go and sleep in or something instead.Which welfare payments would you cut?Because welfare is the biggest chunk of government spending.It's a third.

You're right, Andrew.The last figures that I had was approaching about $300 billion for welfare.Well, for the pensioners, I'd allow them to actually, you know, you don't cut their welfare.I would dearly love to increase the welfare for aged pensioners, but we can't do it.So I'd give them, to be able to go and work unlimited hours, wouldn't affect their pensions or the health care card, just pay the taxes on the monies that they make.These people, we're getting five generations that have been on welfare payments

These people just think they can live a lifestyle, it's their entitlement to actually be welfare.That needs to be looked at because it would go on forever and a day, as far as I'm concerned, and there'll be changes to that as well, the welfare payments there.You're right about childcare, these people who are quite wealthy are getting the childcare payments paid for, but people who are unemployed as well, and on unemployment benefits, are actually having more children because they don't have to look after their own children.This was unheard of in my day.Andrew, you know, you don't have children handed over to someone else to pay for looking after your own kids.That needs to be looked at.

And I think it could be up to 20 hours a week that they're given free childcare at the cost of the taxpayer.There's many issues.NDIS needs to be reined in.So that's out of control as well.So it's just not that.You look at also the Aboriginal industry that I've been complaining about for years, the waste of money that goes into a lot of these areas, there's no accountability, there's no audits, even they're asking where is the money.

That needs a complete overhaul completely.Even after the voice, the government gave $10 million to people who were affected and traumatised because the voice went down and it didn't get up.Why all these handouts all the time?Why $600 million paid to Papua New Guinea to do with the football?Why $30 million to a Pacific island because of their fuel problems at the moment?Australians first and I want to see the money spent wisely and cut the public service it's up to an increase of $50 ,000 under 50 ,000 people I should say under this government we've got 216 ,000 people in public service so if you cut all the regulations you know everything they're doing to small businesses farming everything like that we won't need as many public servants and I'll tell you another thing too they won't be on this six seven hundred thousand a year and I'd get rid of

Sex Discrimination Commission altogether and the Commissioner who's on 400 ,000 a year because she can't even determine what a male or female is. I think you mean get rid of the whole Australian Human Rights Commission.

I'm not sure what good they have done to Australia that outweighs the damage they've done.That's some agenda.Who would be your treasurer?

Andrew, you're really putting the cart before the horse here, right?Who'd be the treasurer?Why would I say who's going to be the treasurer, who's going to hold it?Let's see how we go at the next election.Then those decisions have to be made.

Alright, the ABC, Pauline.I'm afraid I did not hear you say that you would sell the ABC.

Oh, I've said it on the floor of Parliament, Andrew.I'd only keep funding for the ABC in radio in rural and regional areas.The other parts of the ABC, if they want TV, I think Landline and some of those programs aren't too bad.I think they're quite good.Let it be subsidised by those who want to watch those programs.Let them earn their living by subsidies.

As far as I'm concerned, there'll be no more funding to the ABC and all these organisations, the huge wages they're on.and they've been going down in their ratings for a long, long time.I could find other good use for that money.It would even help to pay down debt.

Tony Abbott is the new president of the Liberal Party.He says it's going to remind voters that he led a Liberal government that was against big immigration and the net zero nonsense.Will he win back voters, do you think, that have gone to One Nation?

Let's make it quite clear.Tony Abbott is the President of the Liberal Party.Tony Abbott is not on the floor of Parliament and will not be going back in to lead the party.So who is the leader?Angus Tabor, Angus Taylor or Tony Abbott?But you know a lot of these things have have continued on under the Liberal Party, where was Tony Abbott's direction then?

You know, he's getting involved now because he knows they're in real problems.Well, Tony, if you really want to get involved and act like the leader, then put up your hand and stand for Parliament.

I haven't seen Anthony Albanese come out today to face the music about these polls.How do you think he'd be feeling?

I think Anthony Albanese is now into his second term.I think he'd be quite happy to walk away from politics because he's one of the ones that will get a pension for life with his staffing and his car and his office and everything that's given to him.I think the backbenchers will be feeling the heat with this and they won't be happy, considering that some of them I believe will be losing their seats.So I think pressure will be on Anthony Albanese and I'll repay him the favour if I have the opportunity by taking his staff away from him as he's done with me so I can't do my job properly.

Pauline Hanson, thank you so much for your time.

Thanks Andrew.