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Pauline Hanson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson

One Nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nation

The history of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — and why it will appeal at the next election
https://www.thetimes.com.au/world/45378-...t-election

INTRO: Few political parties in Australia have generated as much controversy, resilience, and longevity as Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Emerging during a period of economic uncertainty and social change, the party has become one of the country’s most recognisable minor political forces — often underestimated, regularly written off, but persistently capable of shaping national conversations. As Australia approaches another federal election, One Nation is once again positioned to draw meaningful support, particularly from voters frustrated with the status quo.... (MORE - details)

Australia has just made history (Michael Heaver) ... https://youtu.be/zIt24Tco3Ok

Australian polling over the last 12 months: the rapidly rising orange line is the rather Trumpish populist One Nation Party. The news that has Australia all excited (and the establishment petrified) is that the ONP has just passed the ruling Australian Labour Party to become the most popular political party down under. Australia's left-woke Australian Labour Party and the ostensibly 'conservative' but really soft-left (like the British 'Conservatives') Liberal/National Party are both declining. The Greens (the farthest left party like in Europe) is flat-lining at about 11 or 12% and might not win any parliamentary seats at all.

I guess that the Australian establishment's hope is that this populist surge won't last, since the next federal parliamentary elections aren't scheduled until 2028.