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Stasi Australia.
Written in 2020, at the beginning of Australia’s truly insane reaction to Covid, regarded as one of the worst if not the worst in the world, spearheaded by the now much reviled Prime Minister Scott Morrison, it has proved all too prophetic. An overwhelmed and...
Fire the Liar: Pauline Hanson’s Crowdfunding Blitz Turns Australian Politics Upside Down
In just days, a simple slogan has captured the Australian public’s imagination like few political campaigns in recent memory. “Fire the Liar” – Pauline Hanson’s audacious One Nation fundraising drive targeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – has raised over $3.6...
Australia’s Bulwark against Populism Is Cracking
Rebekah Barnett: Brownstone Institute he right-wing populist wave that broke over much of the democratic world with Brexit and the first Trump presidency in 2016 barely lapped at Australia’s shores. The island nation’s compulsory, preferential voting system and...
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Burnham’s Britain: Renewal or more disappointment?
Andy Burnham’s arrival as British prime minister could represent more than another change of leadership: it will become a test of whether a modern Labour government can finally make a break with Thatcherism and neoliberalism. His promises of cost-of-living relief, social housing, regional investment, stronger public services and greater economic
The Hanson Battler Myth
Pauline Hanson may have an enormous media profile, but One Nation’s falling support is exposing the widening gulf between political attention and electoral credibility. Hanson’s latest European road show – attacking multiculturalism, Muslims, transgender people, net zero and supposedly shadowy “globalists” – shows how far the party depends on grievance
The conservative road to nowhere: Hanson’s empty populism
One Nation’s support has suffered a drop in opinion polls, although it is too early to tell if it’s already reached its high-water mark and will drop down even further. The latest Roy Morgan poll shows One Nation in third place behind the Coalition, and this fall is consistent with