Pauline Hanson ‘just a Liberal puppet’, One Nation candidate says. One Nation like ‘a dictatorship’

A high-profile One Nation candidate who has spoken out against Pauline Hanson’s preference deal with the WA Liberal Party has confirmed she will boycott the party’s how-to-vote directive.

Key points:

• One Nation has a preference-swapping deal with the WA Liberal Party
• One Nation candidates opposed to the deal have been disendorsed
• Margaret Dodd to defy preference deal and urge voters to put Liberals last

Margaret Dodd, who is running in the seat of Scarborough, told 7.30 that when she joined the party four weeks ago, she was assured that she would be able to decide her own preferences.

Now she has a message for Ms Hanson going into the final days of the campaign.

“Pauline, you are supposed to be listening to the people. If you can’t listen to your own candidates, what chance have the people got?” she said.

Ms Dodd has unveiled her own banner for Saturday’s election instructing voters to put the Liberals last.

In a written response to the ABC, Senator Hanson said she would welcome Ms Dodd to resign from the party.

“There is still time for Ms Dodd to resign as a One Nation candidate and run as an independent,” she said.

“I certainly wouldn’t stand in the way of her leaving the party, in fact, I’d welcome it.”

Ms Dodd, whose daughter Hayley was murdered in 1999, is running to push for “no body, no parole” laws which Labor has supported.

Her daughter’s body has never been found.

Source: Pauline Hanson ‘just a Liberal puppet’, One Nation candidate says – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)