Hundreds protest against Pauline Hanson as WA Labor seats on 'hit list'

Hundreds of demonstrators protest against Pauline Hanson in Perth's east. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside a Perth event where Senator Pauline Hanson addressed supporters, saying she wanted to target WA Labor seats at the next election.

Speaking at the event where the ABC was not allowed in, Senator Hanson suggested her party, One Nation, was surging in popularity because it was the only one speaking out against "mass migration".

Senator Hanson is due to give another speech at an event on Thursday morning, hosted by the Swan Chamber of Commerce.

Hundreds of people have protested outside a One Nation event in Perth as Pauline Hanson told supporters Labor seats in the west were high on her "hit list".

Senator Hanson told supporters the party was surging in popularity because it is the only one speaking out against what she called "mass migration".

Protesters shouted chants against racism and One Nation. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)

Police estimated about 400 people gathered to protest outside Senator Hanson's sundowner event at a cafe in Perth's eastern suburb of Midland.

They chanted "Pauline Hanson go to hell, take your racists there as well", and "migrants allowed, but racists are not".

There was a decent police presence at the protest. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)

A smaller group of counter-protesters chanted back, "we can't hear you".

Recent polls have indicated One Nation is currently the most popular party, ahead of Labor and the Coalition.

The ABC was not allowed into Senator Hanson's event, but in a live feed of her speech she told supporters the country had been "driven into the ground by politicians and bureaucrats", but change was coming at the ballot box.

Senator Hanson said she was offering "freedom" and that her party was pro-business and tough on crime. She also said One Nation would offer a route to home ownership for those wanting to get on the property ladder as she criticised the government for leaving people "taxed to the hilt".

Pauline Hanson met with supporters on Wednesday night. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)

She appeared to try to dismiss accusations of racism levelled at her through her decades-long career, saying she embraced those migrants who assimilated.

"[It] has destroyed not only our standard of living and people owning their own home or haven't been able to put a roof over their head," she said.

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