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Soothsaying and the sampling referendum: the heralded rise of One Nation : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 12/2/2026

Polls crown Pauline Hanson ascendant, but beware the sampling referendum. When pundits anoint insurgents, they risk mistaking protest heat for electoral firepower.

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Since COVID, the polls are clear, voters have had enough of mass migration. But Labor and Liberal have made it equally clear, they don't get a choice, not even after Bondi. Hence the surge to One Nation.

It's easy for this progressive author to sneer about a "ragbag of concerns". Nevertheless, this is supposed to be a democracy, and the popular will should prevail. The charge that voters are "racist" is a distraction.
Posted by Steve S, Thursday, 12 February 2026 7:56:58 AM
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We all know that, if the Greens were polling as well as One Nation instead of fading into oblivion as they are, this character would believe them.

The concerns about mass immigration, multiculturalism, foreign ownership, loss of local industries, and the indigenous rort are not a “ragbag” of concerns. They are of serious concern. Australia is being brought to its knees by its worst Prime Minister and his neo-Marxist hangers-on.

One Nation is the only party who recognises that Australia is on the way out and wants to do something about it.

While rubbishing polls supporting One Nation, Kampmark is OK with polls that claim “that Albanese's Labor government would be returned comfortably were an election to be held now”.

He wants us to “be wary” of the polls and pollsters he doesn't like because he is just another diehard leftist bigot who fools only the foolish.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 12 February 2026 8:36:41 AM
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Everyone one of her ten to the power of forty atoms, work in atomonious synchronicity with her red headed altitudinous ambitions to rid the country of Islamists: I’m on board with that, and I’m not racist either (much).
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 12 February 2026 10:13:32 AM
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Just as a matter of interest, I fed the AI Chatbot with this article for it’s captured leftist views, and not surprisingly, it pretty much supported old Binoy I Camp nots arguments with tepid criticism, mostly about the embedded advertising spoiling its beautiful leftist flow of bias.
We are definitely doomed.
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 12 February 2026 10:30:56 AM
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DD,

You know Islam is not a 'race'. So while whether or not you are racist is irrelevant to your thoughts about Islam.

The obvious fact is: no Muslims - no "radical" Muslims i.e we do not need them here, no matter what their race. Hanson is famous for her belief that we were being swamped by Asians. That was a reference to race. She should now be saying the same about Muslims without even the most idiotic of idiots being able to call her a racist and be taken seriously.

If giving an opinion about who should be allowed into OUR country is necessarily racist, then there are a hell of lot Australian racists. And, who cares! The stupid word is used only by stupid people.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 12 February 2026 10:43:04 AM
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