Hanson says women are voting for her in greater numbers because “women voters are seeing what I’ve warned about when it comes to these woke ideologies”.

Pauline Hanson says she has the ability to lead Australia as prime minister but admits she was shocked by a poll that suggested One Nation had pulled ahead of Labor.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has declared she is fit to serve as prime minister after turning 72 last week, as polling showed Labor falling behind One Nation.

Pauline Hanson has declared she is fit to serve as prime minister, as polling showed Labor falling behind One Nation and the minor party secured another Coalition defector.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has declared she is fit to serve as prime minister after turning 72 last week, as polling showed Labor falling behind One Nation.

Primary support for One Nation rose four percentage points to 31 percent from a month earlier, according to a closely watched poll by Redbridge Group and Accent Research.

Hanson says women are voting for her in greater numbers because “women voters are seeing what I’ve warned about when it comes to these woke ideologies”.

More female voters are backing One Nation, new polling shows.

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The 72-year-old Pauline Hanson, whose rise in the polls has sent shudders through Canberra, sat down for a wide-ranging interview with this masthead’s Inside Politics podcast.