Pauline Hanson’s ascendancy in Australian politics was underscored this week by her first address to the National Press Club. In a lengthy speech, the leader of the rightwing party railed against multiculturalism and Islam in particular, pledged to slash public broadcasting and asserted the so-called ‘hoax’ of global warming was the driving factor behind poverty in Australia.
Josephine Tovey speaks with Mike Ticher and political editor Tom Mcllroy about Hanson’s ‘ugly’ vision for Australia.
Criticism and Analysis
Read more: Pauline Hanson’s speech ‘shameful’ and echoed ‘rubbish’ from rightwing figures in UK and US, critics say. Pauline Hanson makes clear what a One Nation government would be like – it’s an ugly picture | Tom McIlroy. As a Muslim, it is encouraging to hear Pauline Hanson quote from a book. If there’s one thing we need, it’s more reading | Aftab Malik.
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