''the PHONys would never have entered the senate without such rorting and manipulation.''
What a load of rubbish.
Where do you get these ideas from?
PHON rivaled the Greens when they were launched.
The won 11 seats in their first election.
To the surprise of many pundits, the One Nation Party received 22.7% of the first preference vote, giving them the second largest voter turnout for any party in Queensland during the 1998 election. One Nation drew the majority of its support from regional and rural Queensland, winning 9 of its 11 seats in rural and regional electorates.
