Pauline Hanson says she’s ready to support the Liberals and Nationals. What’s new? They exchanged preferences at the last election and she’s voted with them more often than not in the Senate. She’s often cajoled them over their timidity towards smashing net zero and helped goad them towards rejecting the Voice.

She’s now receiving substantial financial support from Gina Rinehart and never disguised her admiration for Donald Trump’s immigration policies and Vladimir Putin’s leadership abilities.

She has been allowed to voice her opinions loudly and clearly at Mar-a-Lago after she took off two weeks from her Senate duties and curried favour with Trump’s cohort with her closing line, “God bless America and God help Australia”.

Meanwhile the former Coalition members have drifted closer and closer to Hansonite positions, having long surrendered any attempt to regain urban teal seats. Only a small rump of Liberal moderates remain and they are left floundering in the dark.