The comment comes as Pauline Hanson’s ‘Fire the Liar’ fundraiser pocketed an eye-watering figure in donations
A world-renowned Aussie celeb chef has threatened to leave the country if Pauline Hanson becomes prime minister.
Neil Perry, the famous face behind restaurants like Rockpool, Spice Temple and Margaret, said he’s found Ms Hanson “sad” the entire time she’s been in politics.
“Look what’s going on in America — how could you be shocked by anything that goes on in the world today?” the 68-year-old culinary maestro quipped during an interview with Empact News, making clear he wasn’t hanging around if the redhead renegade is voted in as PM.
“If she is, I won’t be living in Australia,” he said.
Mr Perry noted voters’ frustration with the Albanese government’s radical changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing in the Federal Budget.
Neil Perry said he would leave Australia is Pauline Hanson became PM
Pauline Hanson has been riding high in the polls. Picture: David Crosling
“You know, I think what happened in the Budget and what happened to business owners and people who’ve made investments, a lot of that’s just been thrown out the window,” he said.
“It doesn’t mean we have to turn into what the rest of the world’s turned into.”
It comes as Senator Hanson racked up from $4m in donations from her “Fire the Liar” fundraising campaign.
Ms Hanson said she plans to use the cash to fly “giant banners” hung from helicopters during the State of Origin.
“This is real money, real data, and a real campaign to get rid of Labor,” the Queensland Senator said in a social media post.
“Albo, you underestimated the anger of the Australian people and as a result, we’re coming after you.” Senator Hanson also released what she said was a “heat map” of where donations had been made to the anti-Albanese campaign.
A new national poll has shown Pauline Hanson ahead of Anthony Albanese as preferred prime minister, while One Nation has moved into first place on the primary vote for the first time.
The Sydney Morning Herald Resolve Political Monitor, conducted from June 8 to 13 with 1801 voters and a margin of error of 2.3 per cent, shows One Nation has climbed to 29 per cent on the primary vote after a 5-point lift in a single month.
Labor sits on 28 per cent after a small 1-point fall, while the Coalition has dropped to 20 per cent, its lowest recorded result and a 3-point decline that sits outside the poll’s margin of error.
One Nation released a “heat map” of the dontaions across the country. Picture: NewsWire Handout
In the preferred prime minister measure, Ms Hanson leads on 33 per cent, ahead of Anthony Albanese on 29 per cent, with 22 per cent of respondents undecided.
Opposition leader Angus Taylor trails on 16 per cent.
The result marks a sharp contrast with the traditional two-party contest.
In a head-to-head comparison between Mr Albanese and Mr Taylor, the Prime Minister holds 31 per cent support, with Mr Taylor on 32 per cent and 36 per cent undecided.
Resolve pollster Jim Reed said the shift reflected a broader change in voter behaviour, with Ms Hanson’s appeal extending beyond traditional One Nation demographics.
“We’ve already put to bed the idea that One Nation represents just a fragmentation of the right and that it attracts only older men; this tells us that they also appeal to non-white and immigrants too,” Mr Reed told The Sydney Morning Herald.
News.com.au has approached Mr Perry for comment.