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Pauline Hanson’s miserable night

One Nation has stumbled in its bid to have an impact in the Queensland parliament but the news may not relieve the federal coalition.

One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson is interviewed on television at the campaign party house in Buderim on the Sunshine Coast.

One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson is interviewed on television at the campaign party house in Buderim on the Sunshine Coast. Source: AAP

Pauline Hanson and One Nation have had a miserable night. But the Queensland election wasn't much better for Malcolm Turnbull or the federal coalition.

One Nation had expected to pick up a number of seats and at least hold the balance of power in the state parliament, thus stamping its resurgence as a political force in Australia.

Federal politicians had been watching the Queensland election to see whether it was the beginning or the end for the party.

At the end of counting on Saturday night, One Nation was yet to win a seat and had lost its two biggest names - state leader and LNP defector Steve Dickson and former senator Malcolm Roberts.

It could be hard for them to rebuild again, although Senator Hanson was putting on a brave face.

"I think we will win some seats, there's no doubt about that," she said.

Federal MPs from Labor and the coalition declared it a disastrous result for One Nation.

The biggest headache for the prime minister from Saturday's election has not been the issue of One Nation, but the failure of the Liberal National Party to cut through and reverse its fortunes in Queensland, especially in the key regional seats.

 

 

 

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