You can’t lose if you don’t run… (the by election is necessary as the sitting member died from suicide recently)

“ One Nation will not run a candidate in the snap byelection called for the Brisbane state seat of Stafford.

The poll in the city’s inner north, to be held on May 16, was expected to be a test of the rising support for Pauline Hanson’s party in urban areas.

Pauline Hanson and her party have been surging in popularity.

One Nation had earlier indicated it would run a candidate in the byelection, with the party’s preferences likely to flow to the LNP.

The party secured just 3 per cent of the vote in 2024, but pollster Kos Samaras for RedBridge Group said its national surge in popularity would probably be reflected in the vote.”