Pauline Hanson confronts candidate Queensland election

Senator Pauline Hanson has clashed with a Labor candidate in the lead up to the Queensland state election.

The party leader was filmed confronting Adrian Tantari, the Labor Candidate for Hervey Bay, and accusing him of bullying.

Queenslanders head to the polls on Saturday to decide who will lead the new state parliament, voting for candidates in a newly-expanded 93 seats.

The party leader (pictured, right) was filmed confronting Adrian Tantari (pictured, left), the Labor Candidate for Hervey Bay, and accusing him of bullying

‘You are nothing but a bully,’ Ms Hanson told Mr Tantari, as an onlooker tried to block the camera with a Labor pamphlet.

‘Don’t be such a bully and don’t you put your finger up at me, we don’t need people like you on the floor of parliament,’ Ms Hanson continued.

‘Prove it, Pauline,’ replied Mr Tantari.

‘How am I a bully? Say it on film, Pauline, how am I a bully?’

‘You are nothing but a bully,’ Ms Hanson told Mr Tantari, as an onlooker tried to block the camera with a Labor pamphlet (pictured)

Ms Hanson posted the clip on social media, with a caption stating: ‘I hate bullies!’ (pictured)

Ms Hanson posted the clip on social media, with a caption stating: ‘I hate bullies!’

‘My candidate for Hervey Bay has been subjected to constant, grubby behaviour by Labor’s candidate, Adrian Tantari,’ she wrote.

‘I wasn’t going to take him giving me the finger as I drove off from the polling booth in Hervey Bay.

‘You’re damn right I got out of the car and cornered the coward.

‘Annastacia Palaszczuk, I’m publicly calling on you to disendorse this horrible man you have standing for you in Hervey Bay.

Ms Hanson accused Mr Tantari of abuse earlier in the campaign (pictured), posting screenshots appearing to show comments made by the Labor candidate on Facebook

‘F*** Damian Huxam[sic],’ read one comment, ‘F*** all you racist bogan trash,’ said another

‘Where is your vetting process Labor, because this horrible grub slipped through a giant hole in your net.’

Ms Hanson accused Mr Tantari of abuse earlier in the campaign, posting screenshots appearing to show comments made by the Labor candidate on Facebook.

‘F*** Damian Huxam[sic],’ read one comment.

‘F*** all you racist bogan trash,’ said another. 

After 28 days on the hustings, three million Queenslanders are finally heading to the polls today. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Liberal National Party leader Tim Nicholls will join the battlers, city slickers and undecided in the fight for their political lives.

Pauline Hanson’s (pictured) One Nation is tipped to perform well in regional seats, but a return to full preferential voting in the state has made predictions difficult

Hervey Bay is a safe LNP seat, held by Ted Sorensen since 2009. Polling from early November had Sorenson in the lead, followed by Labor’s Adrian Tantari (pictured) and One Nation’s Damian Huxham

But it could be days before a final result is delivered, with counting of booths and pre-polls to be get underway on Saturday.

The calculation of hundreds of thousands of postal and absentee votes begins on Sunday.

It took more than a week before Labor could claim power in 2015, after the LNP was resoundingly dumped after a single term.

This time, the resurgence of One Nation and return of compulsory preferential voting will further complicate Labor and the LNP’s chances of winning a majority government.

Ms Palaszczuk and Mr Nicholls are both in for a tough fight, with Labor claiming a narrow lead over the LNP in the latest polling.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured) and Liberal National Party leader Tim Nicholls will join the battlers, city slickers and undecided in the fight for their political lives

The premier will start the day on the Gold Coast before returning to her southwest Brisbane electorate to cast her vote at Inala State School.

Mr Nicholls will help his 78-year-old father, Peter, at a polling booth in his blue-ribbon Clayfield seat.

A total of 93 seats are up for grabs, up from 89 after electoral boundary changes earlier in the year, the first in 32 years.

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is tipped to perform well in regional seats, but a return to full preferential voting in the state has made predictions difficult.

Hervey Bay is a safe LNP seat, held by Ted Sorensen since 2009.

Polling from early November had Sorenson in the lead, followed by Labor’s Adrian Tantari and One Nation’s Damian Huxham. 

Ms Palaszczuk and Mr Nicholls (pictured) are both in for a tough fight, with Labor claiming a narrow lead over the LNP in the latest polling