One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has declared she is not going anywhere and rubbished suggestions Barnaby Joyce is about to take over from her as the boss of the conservative minor party.

In interview on Sky News on Wednesday evening, the 71-year-old acknowledged she will quit politics one day, declaring: “I’m not that stupid, I haven’t got an ego that big!”

“My attitude is if someone can do a better job than I can, fair enough, but don’t write me off at the moment,” she said.

This masthead revealed on Friday that Joyce was in talks with One Nation about joining the party, prompting speculation that he could succeed Hanson at its helm after running for a NSW Senate seat. The former Nationals leader confirmed he would not stand again for his northern NSW seat of New England at the ne

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