Liberal deputy leader Jane Hume has fiercely refuted any coalition between the conservative party and Pauline Hanson\u2019s One Nation, despite some of her colleagues seemingly leaving the door open to a potential future alliance.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, no, we will not be governing in coalition with One Nation,\u201d an at times frustrated Senator Hume told ABC Insiders on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not forming a coalition with One Nation. I think we couldn\u2019t be any clearer than that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senator Hume said the Liberals already had a coalition with the Nationals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat coalition has been a foundation of very successful governments for 80 years now, and it will continue to be so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
However, earlier in the week, Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg was seemingly open to a future deal between the Liberals and One Nation.<\/p>\n
Senator Bragg initially dismissed questions of a preference deal between the Coalition and Pauline Hanson\u2019s party and talk of a three-way coalition as too early to tell before the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, we\u2019ll work out if there needs to be a coalition, we\u2019d work it out then,\u201d he told the Today show.<\/p>\n
However, pressed later if he was leaving the door open to a deal with One Nation, Senator Bragg said: \u201cWell, we would definitely work out whoever would be interested in being in a coalition with us, if that\u2019s what the numbers were. Of course, we\u2019re not crazy\u201d.<\/p>\n
Grilled on those comments and whether the Coalition would accept support from One Nation in a minority government, Senator Hume said it was \u201can extraordinary hypothetical\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere isn\u2019t an election for at least 18 months,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernments have formed minority governments in the past with all sorts of parties. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur intention is to win outright, and we do that by making sure that we present a credible plan and a credible team to deliver that plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pressed further on the Coalition being supported by One Nation in a minority government, Senator Hume shot back: \u201cI\u2019ve said that we have no plans, no intention \u2026 to have a coalition with One Nation\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is our commitment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are already in coalition. We plan to govern as a coalition, as a Liberal-National coalition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan said parliamentarians would \u201chave to wait and see\u201d the make up of the next parliament before accepting any potential support from One Nation.<\/p>\n
Pressed if he would \u201csay no\u201d, Mr Tehan said \u201cwell, who knows what the Australian people will present when it comes to a parliament\u201d, noting support from the Greens for Labor.<\/p>\n
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor initially seemed to be leaving the door open to a deal with One Nation as the right-wing populist party\u2019s polls soared and the Coalitions faltered.<\/p>\n
However, as One Nation appear to have plateaued and in some instances declined, Mr Taylor has ramped up his rhetoric attacking One Nation.<\/p>\n
Senator Hanson has said she is not pursuing a deal with other conservative parties, but neither would she be opposed to it. <\/p>\n
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