Overview
- One Nation formally launched its Victorian state campaign in Melbourne on Saturday at the Crown Conference Centre with leader Pauline Hanson and state leader Warren Pickering drawing about 750 supporters to the event.
- The party unveiled 'The Real Deal' platform focused on tougher bail laws, more police on the streets, cancelling the Suburban Rail Loop and axing the Victorian State Treaty.
- Recent polls put One Nation in the low to mid‑20s of primary support in Victoria while the Coalition leads and Labor trails, creating a fragmented four‑way race that increases the chance of a hung parliament.
- The launch attracted a small protest organised by Unite Against Racism and kept attention on Warren Pickering after his public admissions of past drug use, raising reputational and mobilisation questions for the campaign.
- If no party wins a majority at the November 28 election, major parties will face choices between negotiating each bill in a hung parliament or seeking formal agreements with One Nation, making seat margins and preference flows critical to government formation.