The change of name in 2001 was largely a response to the Howard Government's implementation of the Goods and Services Tax.
One Nation founder David Ettridge contested the Senate in Queensland in 2001 for the party.
At the 1998 federal election the party fielded 11 candidates for the House of Representatives and 6 for the Senate.
A campaign tactic used by the party at this election was to have a candidate adopt the name of a political slogan which therefore appeared on the ballot paper.
This included "Justice Abolish Child Support and the Family Court" who was a candidate for a Senate seat in NSW, "Prime Minister John Piss the Family Court and Legal Aid" who was a candidate for Bennelong and "Bruce the Family Court Refuses My Daughter's Right to Know Her Father" who was a candidate for a Senate seat in Queensland.