Federal election 2019: Pauline Hanson clashes with voters in Perth early polling booths

There’s been angry scenes on the campaign trail in Perth today with Pauline Hanson in town.

It’s been a tough few weeks for the One Nation leader, and today she found herself in new confrontations.

The Queensland Senator found herself under attack at an early polling station in Mandurah, where one man unleashed on wages, and it turned into a battle on immigration.

“Wages are stagnant and penalty rates are cut and you’re talking about people not being able to afford things,” the voter said.

“Of course they can’t afford things, because of the major political parties,” Ms Hanson responded.

“Look what they’ve done to this country. They’re privatising so much all the time, they’re bringing workers from overseas.”

Then the exchange got a little strange, with Ms Hanson shifting her focus to the Labor party, referencing the White Australia Policy.

“Go and ask the Labor Party, their White Australia Policy, where they want to break down the borders, allow people to come into this country and take jobs here,” she said.

The White Australia Policy was originally brought into Australia in the early 20th century by the country’s second Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin. Mr Deakin was not a Labor politician.

It was designed to preference British immigration over that of non-European countries and was eventually dismantled by Harold Holt’s Liberal government and Gough Whitlam’s Labor government.

It all started well earlier this morning up at Lakeside Joondalup shopping centre, where Senator Hanson was touring with the candidate for Moore: 20-year-old Tyler Walsh.

But most shoppers were more interested in getting selfies.