Several weeks ago saw the historic One Nation win in a traditional Labor seat in WA (Secret Harbour). The two-party-preferred vote was 57% to 43%.

The LNP came third, and I’ve seen two different stories as to how their preferences went. One said they went 50/50 to Labor and One Nation. The other version had them largely going to One Nation. Now, as the Green preferences went (as usual) about 90% to the ALP and the two-party-preferred vote was 57% to ON and 43% to the ALP, I think the latter must be true, which is good for ON in future elections.

Over the last week, I have been told by various ordinary workers in the ACT, tradies, bus drivers and other hands-on workers, that they are very impressed with Pauline Hanson and ON. One tradie I spoke to said how friendly she is to staff at Parliament House in Canberra, unlike some other politicians and their staff who are stuck-up. She goes out of her way to say hello and talk to ordinary workers, always the sign of a good politician. John Howard excelled at it, as did the late, great Bob Hawke and Margaret Thatcher in the UK.

I’m not sure about some of her picks. You must do proper vetting of candidates, Pauline, but some recent picks appear to be beauties. Like the new NSW leader, an articulate, intelligent, experienced, business-savvy, Japanese-speaking bloke with a Japanese wife and Indian staff. I could not think of anyone less racist.

Albo and his colleagues’ attempts to smear ON as racist, dangerous and divisive is so much hogwash. If anything, it is the current ALP government and their Green allies who are dangerous and divisive. ON are on a roll. For every attack on Pauline by Albo and co, she and ON just go from strength to strength.

My advice to the LNP is: roll with the flow. Your strengths are your track record of sound economic management, defence and security credentials and track record of good government at both federal and state level. And at the end of the day, who cares if, at the next Victorian election (November this year), NSW election (March next year) or federal election (2028), ON gets more votes and seats than you? You are all more or less on the same page and you are all Australian patriots. One Nation will almost certainly throw up a few duds, but also some exceptional candidates who will enhance our state and federal parliaments and who should prove to be so much better, because of their real-life experience, than the current crop of ALP/Green members.

All right-wing parties, as I have said before, need to complement each other and not attack each other and ensure they get their preferences right. As right-wing action group Advance have put it, you can’t go too far wrong by putting the ALP last in every electorate and go from there. If you do it right, these three ALP governments are there for the taking, although I would be a bit sad to see Chris Minns go, as he is a good premier, and I’d happily settle for the ALP to lose federally and in Victoria and win in NSW. As Meat Loaf said, “Two out of three ain’t bad.”