Labor MP’s Hanson bootie call

MAVERICK Labor MP JoAnn Miller has sensationally moved to undermine her own government’s re-election campaign in the critical final days, embracing One Nation matriarch Pauline Hanson on the hustings in Ipswich.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has spent three weeks distancing Labor from One Nation, insisting she would rather relegate the ALP to the Opposition benches than do deals with the resurgent rightwing party or any other crossbencher.

But Mrs Miller yesterday moved to derail that message, embracing Senator Hanson and One Nation’s Ipswich candidate, former senator Malcolm Roberts, in front of a travelling media pack at a prepolling booth in the area.

She presented Senator Hanson with blue booties and a beanie for her new grandson, and then laughed off questions about the political storm her actions would cause for Labor.

“Just from one mother to another mother,’’ she said.