Turning point for Liberals on One Nation<\/a><\/p>\n While Angus Taylor grapples with the Coalition’s dilemma of how to keep the centre while diverting voters away from Pauline Hanson’s party, Andrew Hastie has been talking tough on One Nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n “If unfunded, these promises would generate a surge in inflation requiring the RBA to raise interest rates by around 3 percentage points to neutralise their effect,” he said.<\/p>\n “That would add around $20,000 a year in interest to the average new mortgage.”<\/p>\n He said national debt, which is currently sitting at almost $1 trillion, would nearly triple under One Nation.<\/p>\n The One Nation policies included in the modelling include increasing defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP, introducing income splitting for families, indexing income tax brackets to inflation, and net zero migration.<\/p>\n The opposition leader has warned against Pauline Hanson’s economic strategy. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)<\/p>\n Mr Taylor described Senator Hanson as a “one person show” and said her policies were a “random grab bag” of “changing positions”.<\/p>\n “I understand why some Australians think the way out is to blow the place up,” he said.<\/p>\n “But to those who feel like lighting a match, believe me when I say, that a moment of satisfaction isn’t worth the eternity of pain that will follow.”<\/p>\n One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce declined to comment.<\/p>\n One Nation test for Liberals looms<\/p>\n Mr Taylor’s fiery speech comes after increasing comparisons between his generally more careful approach to the resurgent minor party, which has consistently polled ahead of the Coalition since the start of the year, and the more direct attacks of his Liberal colleagues like frontbencher Andrew Hastie.<\/p>\n Mr Hastie last month declared he was at “war” with One Nation, suggesting the party would have to “blast me out” of the West Australian seat of Canning.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783589835_565_c32130af2a4f82a9ab1ed4daaac2aa5f.jpeg\")
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