Judges were put on notice during a radio interview in which federal One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson called on Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson to "get rid of the arrogance" ahead of the November state election.
Asked about doing a deal with the Liberals to preference each other on how-to-vote cards, Senator Hanson said there would first need to be a change in attitude from Ms Wilson and her party.
"To have the sheer arrogance saying we're not going to form a coalition, I don't want a coalition with them either," she told Melbourne radio station 3AW on Tuesday.
"If they have a certain number of elected members and we have a certain number of elected members, will we join our numbers to actually make sure we can form a government to get rid of the Labor government?
"(We are) quite willing to talk, by all means ... get rid of the arrogance, Jess."
Ms Wilson has previously ruled out an alliance with One Nation, maintaining her focus is on winning with a majority.
The Liberal-Nationals need a net gain of 16 seats in the 88-seat lower house to form a majority government and end 12 straight years of Labor rule in the state.
Senator Hanson was joined in the radio booth by recently appointed Victorian One Nation Leader Warren Pickering, who said a priority of any government he led would be addressing crime and reforming the judicial system.Â
"We want to make, firstly, bleeding-heart judges accountable for these second-time offences," Mr Pickering said.
"We've got to get rid of this tag-and-release program that's just making Victorians feel unsafe."
Senator Hanson cited mandatory sentences as a way to ensure punishment meted out by judges was aligned with community expectations.
She advocated for an independent board that would scrutinise judges and allow them to face potential consequences, including losing their jobs.
"The people have a right to say, 'hey listen mate, you're not giving us the sentence that befits the crime'," Senator Hanson said.
While yet to detail further, specific policies, Mr Pickering foreshadowed a "comprehensive" document and asked voters to withhold judgement until they had an opportunity to read it.
Primary-vote support for One Nation in Victoria has fallen to the low 20s in recent polls but it remains the third main choice behind the coalition and Labor.
Some voters were starting to view One Nation as a "sideshow", election analyst Kevin Bonham said.
"This is an election where there is a strong mood for a lot of people of 'let's throw the government out' and it's harder for a minor party to sustain such high poll numbers ... in the face of that," he said.
One Nation could win a small number of lower-house Victorian seats but its best chances lay in the upper house, Mr Bonham said.
"They have taken a very long time to make announcements about who their leader is, who their candidates are," he said.
"There is a sort of a sense they're not really giving it a proper go yet."
Senator Hanson also addressed her media in the radio interview, after One Nation banned the ABC, The Age and The Guardian from entering a press conference on Monday morning where Mr Pickering's leadership and seven other candidates were announced.
The same outlets were also barred from covering a Monday night meet-the-candidates function in Hawthorn that sparked a protest, heavy police presence and shutdown nearby streets.
Senator Hanson indicated it was a temporary measure and she would encourage "fair reporting".
"It won't be forever and a day," she said.
"But it's putting out a message; give us a go."
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