Premier Colin Barnett admits he doesn't know what One Nations policies are, despite the WA Liberals' doing a preference deal with right-wing party.
The preference swap could deliver One Nation the balance of power in the upper house and has infuriated the Nationals.
It has also divided Liberals, given One Nation's WA policies sharply differ, as it opposes privatising Western Power and building the Roe 8 major road project.
"I don't even know what their policies are ... it (the preference deal) has got nothing to do with policy at all," Mr Barnett told reporters.
"I don't know how many seats they will win. I think perhaps their position has been overrated."
One Nation is forecast to be the third most popular party at the March 11 election, with a recent Newspoll giving it a 13 per cent primary vote.
The premier said One Nation was more moderate today and had fewer of the extreme policies with a strong racial component it had in the 1990s.
One Nation's policies include a ban on Muslim immigration and other anti-Islam measures, reductions in immigration generally, abolishing multiculturalism and the racial discrimination act and more protectionist economic policies to support jobs.
It has released three specific policies for the WA election.
A crime and justice policy, involving more police and tougher sentencing, a 'clean government' policy to improve accountability and spending and a policy to improve Medicare funding for chiropractors.
The WA Nationals have retaliated by preferencing the Greens ahead of their Liberal alliance partners on the ticket for two upper house regions in next month's state election.
Mr Barnett said that validated his argument that a preference deal did not mean the Liberals were endorsing or influenced by One Nation's policies.
"The Greens are vehemently opposed to live animal exports," he told reporters.
"Do you think the National party are now going to be opposed to live animal exports."
Mr Barnett predicted it would be a complicated Senate-style upper house for a Liberal or Labor government with Greens, Nationals, One Nation and independent MPs.
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