Australian conservatives are popping the champagne.

They are toasting Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election and what they believe it means for Australia — an "inevitable" rise of a more conservative brand of politics.

We asked a few of them to pause their celebrations and explain what it will mean for conservative politics in Australia.

Will Australian politics become more conservative?

Nationals MP George Christensen says he believed it will — in fact he says Australia is already on the path to becoming more conservative.

George Christensen says politicians need to listen to the common people rather than the elite. ( ABC News: Marco Catalano )

"The movement we've seen in the US is bound to infiltrate Australian politics, I think it already has," he says.

"It shows people want a different style of politics, not politics as usual."

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson says the Republican victory is just the latest in a global shift towards conservative politics.

"The same thing happened with Brexit," she says.

"This is what is happening around the world, even with my election."

Malcolm Roberts holds up a Gadsden flag outside Parliament. ( ABC News: Ross Nerdal )

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts says his party is already creating links with the Trump camp.

He says he and his colleagues are in the best position to act as a conduit.

"We are seeing this as a wonderful opportunity, a wonderful opportunity to restore freedom and for us as Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, the only party that can build links with the Trump Presidency and we have already started and they have already been reaching out to us."

What are the lessons for Australia?

Mr Christensen says the Government is focusing on the wrong issues.

"It's just not the stuff that's talked about in the pubs and on the street — we've got to get back to basics," he says.

"It just means being in touch and accepting advice from the common people rather than the elite of society, what's wrong with that?"

Liberal senator Eric Abetz agrees politicians need to take note.

"Parliamentarians need to be in touch with their local communities, understanding their aspirations and ensuring we talk about the issues they actually want to talk about," he says.

But he adds the media is also out of sync.

"Many in the left-wing commentariat that seem to dominate our media are out of touch with the ordinary citizen," she said.

Senator Hanson says Australia needs to give power back to the people.

"The people are saying we want change, we're sick of being controlled by the major political parties, by big business," she says.

So what are the issues that matter to ordinary Australians?

There is consensus from those we asked — it is jobs, the economy and national security.

Eric Abetz does not think socially progressive policies are high on anyone's agenda. ( ABC News: Gregor Salmon )

Senator Abetz says "clearly what the Australian people want are jobs, job security and a certainty for the future".

He says socially progressive policies are not high on anyone's agenda.

"You never have them presented to you when you stand at a show stand or go door knocking."

Mr Christensen says it is all about voters' hip pockets.

"It's stuff that we put in the too-hard basket on all sides: electricity prices and petrol prices."

He says the hard work for the president-elect and the conservative movement starts now.

"There's a lot of pressure on Donald Trump now to deliver, or he may only be around for four years."