Pauline Hanson was once considered too racist and too right wing for the Liberal Party - but 30 years after her ill-informed comments about Aboriginal people and immigrants skyrocketed her to infamy, the Coalition has done a preference deal with One Nation.
In 1996 little-known political aspirant Pauline Hanson was preselected for the Liberal Party for the Queensland electorate of Oxley, considered a safe Labor seat.
But after making racist comments about Aboriginal people Hanson was disendorsed by the Liberal Party, with then-leader John Howard saying, if she were to be elected, she would not be allowed to sit with the Coalition.
Because the ballots had already been printed Hanson appeared on the papers as the Liberal candidate but after she did win entered parliament as an independent, making more racist dog whistles in her First Speech to Parliament, attacking Aboriginal people and Asians.
At the next election, Howard's party put One Nation last on their how to vote cards - a practice every Liberal leader since has followed for every federal election, until tomorrow's poll.
Wangkumarra and Barkindji businessman Sean Gordon, a Liberal party member, told NITV he believed the change in attitude from the Coalition to One Nation's was due to two things.
"One is there's a clear sign of desperation from the Coalition," he said.
"I also feel that it demonstrates that the Liberal Party and the Coalition have moved too far to the right that they see there is an alignment between themselves and One Nation.
"And what we know through our history is that parties that lean too far left or too far right generally don't get elected.
"I'm not sure what that means for the future of the Coalition and the Liberal Party, as to how they find their way back to the centre, given that they have aligned themselves to an extreme political party like Pauline Hanson's One Nation."
While Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price did not respond to NITV's request for an interview, she told Sky News that One Nation weren't radical.
"One Nation supports efforts like what we want to do in the Indigenous space, which is to audit the billions of dollars that has been spent year in year out, which is to hold a Royal Commission into sexual abuse in Indigenous communities," she said.
Early in the campaign Senator Nampijinpa Price came under fire for echoing Donald Trump's catch-cry, saying she wanted to "make Australia great again" and photos emerged with her and her husband sporting MAGA caps.
Senator Hanson backed Senator Nampijinpa Price - also saying she wanted to "make Australia great again" - and has also long railed against Welcome to Country ceremonies, as have both Dutton and Senator Nampijinpa Price.
Mr Gordon said the Coalition's choice to align with the far right views of One Nation was a clear message to Aboriginal people.
"Unfortunately, Peter Dutton, since becoming the leader of the of the Opposition has been clearly attacking Aboriginal people," he said.
"Recent comments on not standing in front of the Aboriginal flag, aren't new, he's been saying that for quite some time.
"His position on Welcoming to Country isn't new - he's been saying that since becoming the leader of the Opposition.
"The real concern for me is that it's now difficult to differentiate Peter Dutton and the Coalition from Pauline Hanson ... the two parties are very similar."
Liberal candidate for Macnamara Benson Saulo, a descendant of the Wemba Wemba and Gundjitmara Aboriginal nations of western Victoria and the New Ireland Provence of Papua New Guinea, did not answer an emailed question about preferences, and refused multiple interview requests.
Mr Saulo has One Nation third on his how to vote card, after the Libertarian candidate.
Liberal Senate candidate for Western Australia Trish Botha did not respond to an interview request.
In WA the Liberals recommend voting 1 Liberal, 2 Nationals, 3 One Nation on their how to vote.
