Show Notes
One Nation’s surge in the polls can no longer be denied, now neck-and-neck with the Liberal party at around 20% of the primary voting intention. Combined with a tense social environment and a high-profile joiner in Barnaby Joyce, is “Opposition Leader Pauline Hanson” a real possibility?
Party supporters and detractors say the polls are a sign we must take the party seriously. So politics editor Bernard Keane and reporter Anton Nilsson join the podcast to do exactly that — scrutinise One Nation’s policies and prospects.
We discuss the strong and weak points of the policy platform, if One Nation can expand its appeal to a broader voting base, and whether there’s any chance of survival post-Pauline.
Read more: One Nation is on a roll. So what are the party’s actual policies? No, One Nation isn’t leading the Coalition. The real story is how Albo is undermining the major parties| We went to Pauline Hanson’s cancelled-then-uncancelled propaganda movie premiere so you don’t have to The media’s ongoing amnesia regarding Pauline Hanson What’s going on with Gen X men and One Nation? I’m sick of being told to feel sorry for them Sign up to Crikey’s free newsletter: https://bit.ly/crikey-newsletter
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