Another Liberal Party representative has joined calls for a preference deal with One Nation, after the right-wing party overtook the governing Labor Party as the most popular one in Australia, according to a recent poll.
Speaking on Sky News, Victorian senator Sarah Henderson deflected the suggestion that One Nation’s popularity reflected anger with the Coalition instead of the government.
Like Opposition Leader Angus Taylor earlier today, Henderson blamed this phenomenon on Labor’s budget and the perceived broken promises, and that the Coalition was simply collateral damage.
“It’s indicative that Australians have had enough, and boy oh boy, are they angry in Victoria,” Henderson said of her home state. “This is a state mired in crime, corruption and economic incompetence.
“I believe we do need to do a preference deal with One Nation, and we shouldn’t apologise for it. We are aligned on a single mission, and that is to get rid of the worst government we have seen in this country in living memory.”
