Malcolm Turnbull described his initial dialogue with US president-elect Donald Trump as ”very warm” and “constructive”, and said he emphasised the need not to abandon trade deals in the region.

The Prime Minister called Mr Trump at 10am on Thursday and spoke for about 15 minutes, leaving him in “no doubt” the US would continue its strong presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

But Mr Turnbull is less certain about the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership – a major trade pact promoted by Barack Obama but opposed by Mr Trump during the election campaign.

“I have no doubt that the commitment of the United States to the alliance, the presence in the region, its commitment to its allies and our neighbours will continue,’ Mr Turnbull told reporters in Canberra.

The leaders discussed the incoming Trump administration’s plan to expand the US military including a “very substantial investment” in the navy.

Australia will continue to push the US to join the TPP, which Mr Turnbull described as being in America’s strategic as well as economic interest, despite the president-elect opposing it.

In other Trump-related developments in Canberra, Greens MP Adam Bandt likened Australia’s proposed lifetime ban on boat-arriving refugees to Trump’s Mexican-border wall, and One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson formally requested Mr Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.

Australian Greens MP Adam Bandt has likened Malcolm Turnbull’s approach on refugees to that of Donald Trump.

Mr Bandt lashed out at the government plan to deny entry visas for those who have used people smugglers, which passed the lower house on Thursday.

It was a policy American president-elect Mr Trump would be proud of,” Mr Bandt told parliament.

“This is Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s equivalent of saying he won’t allow Muslims into the country,” he said.

“This is Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s equivalent (of building) a wall to keep people out.”

He said it was a shameful attempt by Mr Turnbull to use the politics of fear and race to win votes, and Australia was better than that.

Turnbull's lifetime ban on asylum seekers is something Trump would be proud of https://t.co/SeVng1Er4Z

— Adam Bandt (@AdamBandt) November 10, 2016

Mr Bandt backed an unsuccessful amendment proposed by independent MP Andrew Wilkie that called on the government to develop a more sophisticated response to the global refugee crisis.

Mr Wilkie hit out at both the coalition and Labor for treating it as a border security problem instead of a humanitarian issue.

“It’s about time the Liberal party, the National party and the Labor party all stopped worrying about their political self-interest and started acting like leaders,” he told parliament.

He wants a genuine regional solution involving most, if not all, south-east Asian countries.

The bill cleared the lower house, even though Labor and crossbench MPs Rebekha Sharkie, Cathy McGowan, Mr Bandt and Mr Wilkie voted against it.

It’s not certain it will get through the Senate, with crossbencher Nick Xenophon – whose team holds three key votes – flagging support only if Australia doubles its refugee intake.

An Essential Poll released this week showed 56 per cent of Australians approve of the legislation – including 52 per cent of Labor voters.

Senator Hanson posed for a new portrait in Canberra on Thursday. Photo: AAP

One senator who can be expected to support the bill, Pauline Hanson, was still basking in the glow of Trump’s victoru on Thursday.

She issued a press release requesting Mr Trump work towards “the immediate release” of Australian citizen Mr Assange, in light of “his great service towards freedom and truth”.

Senator Hanson accused Australian governments of assisting in the “shameful imprisonment of an Australian hero” in not offering Mr Assange sanctuary in Australia.

In the later stages of the US election campaign, Australian citizen Mr Assange was accused of exercising a pro-Trump agenda, and of releasing classified information to purposefully harm Ms Clinton’s campaign.

Hanson congratulates Trump on win

Following the news that Mr Trump had defeated the Democrat in a shock win, Senator Hanson congratulated the new president.

“Mr President, my door will always be open. Congratulations on behalf of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party of [Australia],” the senator wrote on her personal Twitter account, adding the hashtag #MAGA (Make America Great Again).

@realDonaldTrump Mr President my door will always be open. Congrats on behalf of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party of OZ. #MAGA #auspol

— Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 (@PaulineHansonOz) November 9, 2016

Ms Assange, who is wanted for questioning over sexual assault charges in Sweden, has been living in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for the past four years.

In October, the nation confirmed it was restricting Mr Assange’s internet access, saying it had a policy of not meddling in other country’s affairs.

@realDonaldTrump Mr President my door will always be open. Congrats on behalf of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party of OZ. #MAGA #auspol

— Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 (@PaulineHansonOz) November 9, 2016

It’s the end of the ‘chardonnay set’

Mr Trump’s victory is proof people have had enough of the “chardonnay set”, Senator Hanson says.

The One Nation leader, who rode her own populist wave back to Canberra in the July federal election, says disenchanted voters want their voices to be heard.

“People around the world are saying ‘we’ve had enough with the major political parties, with the establishment, with the elites, with the chardonnay set’,” she told Sky News.

– with AAP