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Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson is an One Nation senator for Queensland. First elected 2 March 1996.

1996 Won Oxley, entered parliament
1997 Became One Nation leader
1998 Lost Oxley seat
2003 Convictions quashed on appeal
2016 Won Queensland Senate seat
2026 One Nation name changed
1996 May 2026
  1. 1996 Won Oxley, entered parliament
  2. 1997 Became One Nation leader
  3. 1998 Lost Oxley seat
  4. 2003 Convictions quashed on appeal
  5. 2016 Won Queensland Senate seat
  6. 2026 One Nation name changed
  • Independent
  • One Nation
  • Out of this seat

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Budget, tax & economy 13
  • Government & democracy 12
  • Health, care & disability 8
  • Law, justice & rights 6
  • Climate, energy & environment 5

Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.

How do they vote?

Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.

  • One Nation 100%
  • Coalition 80%
  • Labor 31%
  • Greens 13%

386 tracked votes across their party affiliations.

How do they compare?

  • Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 12.6 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
  • Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 0 avg 0.6 26
  • Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 5 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 35 avg 7.9 226
Where their votes sit, left to right i Built from votes alone: party members sit at their party's mark and move only by votes cast against their own party toward a neighbouring one. Independents are placed by their side on the votes where the parties disagreed.
Pauline Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.

What have they done lately?

On 29 June 2026, Hanson voted No on workplace relations changes, which passed 31-25. On 25 June, she opposed tax reform overall and voted Aye for indexing tax brackets, but that proposal was defeated 24-30; she voted No on a call to reinvest tax savings in housing. On 22 June, she voted No on proceeding with NDIS changes, a motion that carried 29-25. On 31 March, she supported fuel-excise relief but said the cut should go further.

When do they vote against their party?

Pauline recorded no votes against their party of the day across 386 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

37 tracked speeches across 33 bills.

  • 14 backing a bill
  • 1 with reservations
  • 20 against
  • 2 no clear position

About these numbers

Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.

Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.