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Lion’s den politics: Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 22/6/2026

Pauline Hanson has spent 30 years attacking the establishment. What happens if she becomes part of it?

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What happens if PH becomes part of the establishment if elected?

Mary Chatbot says!

Supporters of Hanson generally hope for:

* Lower immigration levels.
* Greater emphasis on national sovereignty and border controls.
* Reduced influence of what they see as political elites and bureaucracy.
* More attention to regional and outer-suburban voters frustrated with major parties.
* Challenges to existing climate, energy, and multicultural policies.

Supporters of Hanson generally hope for:

* Lower immigration levels.
* Greater emphasis on national sovereignty and border controls.
* Reduced influence of what they see as political elites and bureaucracy.
* More attention to regional and outer-suburban voters frustrated with major parties.
* Challenges to existing climate, energy, and multicultural policies.

Political consequences:

A successful One Nation entering government would likely reshape Australian politics.

Potential consequences include:-

* Further weakening of the traditional Labor–Coalition dominance.
* A shift of political debate toward immigration, national identity, and cost-of-living concerns.
* Pressure on major parties to adopt some One Nation policies to regain voters.

This pattern has occurred in several countries where populist parties gained influence without necessarily winning outright government.

Thank you Mary Chatbot!
Posted by diver dan, Monday, 22 June 2026 10:38:45 AM
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Poor-lean certainly poked her head above the parapet at the NPC. What to make of it all? The most obvious thing was that she came armed with a basket full of grievances. Nothing seems to be going according to how she thinks it should be. I’m quite sure that if you gave this woman a bucket full of diamonds, she would complain that they were the wrong shape. Some of her grievances, definitely not all, I will agree, are legitimate. It’s her solutions I fervently disagree with.

The 1st trick in her book has been to convince her admirers that the solutions she proposes are her ideas. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Her attack on lazy workers who don’t deserve to be paid maternity leave, or are too difficult to sack etc. is obviously direct dictation from her ‘political advisor and generous donor’ Gina. And the neo-cons complain about the influence of unions over Labor policy. Struth!

Binory hit the nail on the head when he observed “… Her own record on attending parliament also suggests a pattern of sloth she abominates in others…”

Her attack on the media was also a whole hearted adoption of the tRump strategy. Simply attack and ban the media who ask embarrassing, pertinent questions. If I were a gambling man, I would take odds on when she will first call the media “fake news”. It will be soon, I’m sure.
Posted by Aries54, Monday, 22 June 2026 11:35:34 AM
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