New polling reveals Pauline Hanson is now the new preferred Prime Minister | 9 News Australia

Let's go to breaking news now.Exclusive fresh polling tonight reveals One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has surged to become the nation's preferred Prime Minister for the very first time, shattering decades of major party dominance.Let's go to our federal politics reporter, Connor McGovern, who's in Canberra for us this evening.Connor, this is the second milestone for the party in as many weeks.

Evening, Pete.This is a stunning and a seismic U -turn for someone who was previously one of the most unpopular politicians in the country.12 political monitor polling for our colleagues at the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age for the first time finding Pauline Hanson is now first choice for the top job.Her party, One Nation, also inching ahead of Labor on primary votes.The Coalition recording its lowest ever result.Pauline Hanson now planning to leverage her surge in popularity using donations made to the party to launch a TV ad blitz during Wednesday night's State of Origin.

Taken from the streets of Sydney and Melbourne and tonight being turned into an ad.Pauline's promising to air Fire The Liar commercials during primetime rugby league.before flying that same message above our biggest cities.The ad attacking Anthony Albanese, and she's now ahead of him as preferred Prime Minister.While One Nation's also ahead of Labor in the polls, it's the Coalition in most strife a distant third.

be looking and working with everyone.All of this talk about preference deals and coalitions is way too premature and in fact not even relevant.Our job is to win back the votes we lost.

Jono Duniam's parting warning as the coalition frontbencher quits politics for family reasons.

The leadership change earlier this year was a point in time where I thoughtI've had enough.The Liberal Party lose one of their best and brightest when he leaves the Parliament.

While Labor won't welcome Pauline Hanson's ascension to preferred Prime Minister, tonight's really a double hit on Angus Taylor.Not only losing a trusted pair of hands, but the One Nation leader usurps him as the effective opposition leader in Australian politics.Conor McGovern, Nine News.