From ABC, December 8, 2006
Public 'not interested' in Hanson's views
Prime Minister John Howard does not believe Pauline Hanson will get re-elected to Federal Parliament because he says the public is not interested in what she is saying.
The former One Nation leader says she will contest the next election, but has given no indication of which electorate she will be standing in or whether she intends to run for the Senate or Lower House.
Mr Howard says there is no place in Australia for targeting those because of their race or religion and people are not interested in Ms Hanson's views.
"I don't think people are interested in what she is saying now," he said.
"But I don't think it really helps to target people by reference to their race or religion - I'd like to believe we treat people according to how they behave."
However the last One Nation MP still holding office says Ms Hanson will give Australians a welcome alternative to the major political parties.
One Nation Member for Tablelands in far north Queensland, Rosa-Lee Long, says Ms Hanson will always create controversy because she speaks her mind.
She says Australian residents will support Ms Hanson because she will give the people exactly what they want.
"People like her and myself need to inform the people more of what's going on," she said.
"There needs to be a real debate on the future, there just needs to be a real good debate on that and we want something that the people want, not just what our major political parties are doing at the moment."