‘I’m going to be controversial here’: Pauline Hanson has revealed what else is on her Senate agenda. Picture: Sky News

The incoming senator has added to her list of bizarre concerns, declaring a war on polygamy ahead of her first Senate sitting this week.

In a preview of the fiery Senate discussions to come, eight of the 11 crossbenchers of the 45th Parliament butted heads in a clash hosted by Sky News last night.

Seated in the Senate chamber of Canberra’s Old Parliament House, the senators and senators-to-be discussed their respective and clashing agendas, but it was up to Ms Hanson to deliver the biggest shock of the night.

“I’m going to be controversial here,” she began.

“You’ve got people out there, of Muslim background, they’re actually having four wives, numerous children, they’re getting into housing commission houses, we’re actually paying for that, and that is not right.”

Fellow incoming senator Derryn Hinch looked on stunned as Ms Hanson’s ranted over her alleged government-sanctioned polygamy, while veteran upper house figure Nick Xenophon quickly dismissed her claims.

“I can’t agree with that,” he said.

“Polygamy is not legal in this country.”

But Ms Hanson quickly interrupted: “No, but it’s happening!”

Mr Xenophon then got stuck into Ms Hanson for singling out Muslims in her argument.

“You can’t single out one religion and pick on them,” he said.

Derryn Hinch’s face says it all. Picture: Sky NewsSource:Twitter

The crossbenchers were all given a chance to air their agendas and state what they wished to achieve during their three or six years in the upper house.

The agendas vary from Mr Hinch’s desire to add one million names to the national donor register, to Nick Xenophon Team Senator Sky Kakoshke-Moore’s push to make it an offence for an adult to lie about their age online to a child.

There were significant policy clashes between senators over the removal of 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and Family Law court reform.

In her most measured and least shocking comment of the evening, Ms Hanson neatly summed up what we’re in for this parliamentary term.

“It’s going to be a very interesting senate,” she said.

The new senators have graduated from Senate School and are ready for this week’s sitting of Parliament.Source:News Corp Australia

Ms Hanson also appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday night to publicise her agenda, telling reporter Liz Hayes she wanted the Muslim community to work with her.

“What I’d like to see is ... these Muslims that are not the radicals, the ones that want to live their life in peace and harmony and quite happy to be here in Australia and love and embrace this nation, then work with me to find the answers,” she said.

The controversial politician admitted that her comments that Australia was “in danger of being swamped by Asians” in her maiden speech in 1996 had caused problems, along with her later remark that she didn’t want the country “to become Asian-ised”.

“It wasn’t meant to offend the Asians that are here, or people who’ve come here for a new way of life,” she insisted.

The One Nation leader said her children ask her to “say things differently.”Source:Channel 9

One moment in the interview did leave Ms Hanson speechless.

“If you had one message for the people of Australia now that you are in parliament what would it be?” Hayes asked.

Ms Hanson struggled to find an answer, and after a 24-second wait, she awkwardly palmed off the question.

“Uh...I don’t..I don’t know what I’d actually...the message I’d say to them,” she said.

But on KIIS FM radio yesterday, the senator was better prepared.

“The question threw me,” she explained.

“I had so many things that were going through my mind, what do I actually want to tell them, something that would be of significance, and so much meaning to the Australian people.”

“I think when I reflect on it now, it’s to embrace everyone that’s here, whether you’re born here or come from another country, that our aim is to live in peace and harmony and united and I think that’s very important if we’re going to continue to be the nation that we are.

“I don’t want to see the division that’s happening, I don’t want to see hatred or terrorism or problems on our streets. I want to see kids that can get jobs and own their own homes, I don’t want to see the older generations thrown on the scrap heap.

“There’s a lot of things I want to tell the Australian people, but you know it’s not my telling them, it’s by my actions and that’s what members of parliament, we have to prove to the people that we’re worthy of it.”