‘I’m going to leave you some landmines’: Pauline Hanson sends SA premier a message amid jubilant supporters

Excited One Nation backers hung on their leader’s words in Adelaide as they rejoiced in a primary vote of about 20% in the South Australian election Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast “Today is not about Pauline Hanson,” Pauline Hanson told the crowd, as she took the microphone to chants of “Pauline! Pauline!”. “We love you Pauline,” one man shouted. The One Nation leader, speaking to supporters on Saturday night after the party’s vote rocketed to above 20% in the South Australian election, went on to have a crack at the premier, Peter Malinauskas, who has been at pains to point out that Hanson was a Queenslander. “Guess what, mate,” she said. “I’m going to leave you some landmines.” Said landmines – the party’s state leader, Carlos Quaremba, newly elected upper-house MP Cory Bernardi, and perhaps one or more lower-house MPs – could “explode”, she said. At the election night party at the Kent Town Hotel, in inner suburban Adelaide, the mood was one of sheer jubilation. It was the sort of vibe you usually get if you’re hanging out with the mob set to form government. People variously said it didn’t matter how many seat