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Pauline Hanson has responded to Angus Taylor’s budget response and the migration and tax policies he will set out.

She said he has tried to “duplicate the strong One Nation policy” after the coalition’s crushing loss in Farrer’s by-election last weekend.

“I don’t employ policy experts to write Coalition policy, but after the Parliament House data breach it’s not hard to see why their budget response is full of One Nation policies,” she said in a statement.

‘While they’ve been telling everyone that One Nation has no policy, they’ve read it very carefully because they’re desperate for good ideas. I’m glad they finally saw some light.”

The stolen policy in question is her position on reducing immigration, abolishing net zero, reviving business and industrial sectors, reducing government spending and building national infrastructure.

Hanson concluded her statement by saying she will provide her own budget response.

“One Nation’s vision for a united and prosperous Australia is building greater support across the country. That’s what the major parties have always lacked: vision,” she said.