Australian writer, Tom Switzer, explaining Pauline Hanson to people outside of Australia, points out that every time Hanson-haters try to give her the kiss of death, it turns into “mouth-to-mouth resuscitation”.

The best thing you can do for Pauline Hanson is rubbish her. The polls show it. They present her as one of the “most consequential figures in modern Australian politics”.

Hanson is not Australia's answer to Nigel Farage; the opposite is true. She has been around since 1996: long before Farage and Donald Trump.

“Australia encountered populism before populism became fashionable”.

The Australian Left responds to Hanson with its customary “restraint and moderation”, comparing her to ‘Hitler’, advises the author.

Switzer writes that, to the elitists, Hanson was an embarrassing historical artifact who would eventually vanish. Right. She's managed to stay around for 30 years.

The Establishment and lunatic Left love to sneer at her as a “simpleton” who “wandered into politics by mistake”. But, her supporters - who have steadily increased in numbers during the horrific 4 years of the Albanese Socialist government - believe that Pauline Hanson is profoundly patriotic, speaks plainly with authenticity, and is interested in the people that other politicians have ignored for so long.

Current polls prove this. She is ahead of the rest. A lot can happen in 2 years, but there is hope for a change from the uniparty, at last.

Switzer notes that the left attacks Hanson herself rather than “the concerns which (are) driving voters towards her”. But, she is still dragging support for herself and her party away from both sides of politics.

( ‘The rise and rise of Australia's Nigel Farage’, Tom Switzer, Spectator Australia)

The polls don't tell the true story. One Nation is extremely popular in the conservative rural electorates with up to 60% support from historical, or should I say hysterical, former rusted on Cow Cocky Party (Country Party aka Nationals) voters. Its a different story in the progressive Liberal, Teal, Green and to some extent Labour electorates, where One Nation support is mediocre, in the mid teens at best.

What would One Nation have to do to form government in its own right, simply win 76 seats, presently holding 2 seats, one of those from the Cow Cocky Party renegade Barnyard Joy. It would be some miracle if ON was to pick up another 74 lower house seats nad form government with the Lovely Pauline as PM. Anything is possible in these days of seismic political change.

YouGov poll from earlier in the year...."One Nation captured strong support among working-class voters, leading Labor on two-party-preferred (51-49) among them for the first time."

Personally, I think her popularity has skyrocketed because people can finally see through the filthy harlot media which has held lying leftist narratives for decades. It has been helped also by the completely incompetent dei climate cult in power. I suspect people know a fish and chip shop owner could do a better job than the grubby elites all with snouts in the trough.

This is so similar to Trumps MAGA it's actually cringeworthy.
I feel guilty for not power chucking right now.
- And I used to support One Nation.

Pauline with her pathetic $2 dump truck
And Gina talking about building Israeli settlements in Townville
http://youtu.be/gYpcDY9Y8JI?t=183

They're such a bunch of sellouts it makes me sick.
She's not for the battlers anymore.
Gina's rare earth metal deals, US business interests / partnerships and supporting Zionist interests.
And shes getting the useful idiots to help her win on the immigrants issue just like Trump got his win whinging about the wall.
And I'm not the only one from that group that sees it.
Telling everyone off for not watching Sky News...

And she's out of her depth with anything foreign policy.
Would probably defer to Gina and Bibi like Trump does.

Get it through your fekken heads.
I'm not voting for Israel no matter how many Aussie flags you wave around.

I'd rather vote for Albo and his disgraceful rates of immigration, his Transgender dunnies, Voice referendum and prancing around at the Mardi Gras like a proper homosexual.

But I'm not a traitor.

Paulie and Gina want to give the Israelis free land.
They can both F-CK RIGHT OFF.

Hi Trumpster,

I would not be surprised that a poll (Sky News YouGov) would show a high level of ON support among young working class males . These guys are one of the most politically disinterested groups within society. They often feel extremely grieved with the system, everything from the "a wog took me job" to "Gloria wont come across on a Friday night, even after I shouted her 6 cans of 'Jim Bean'" Its terrible is it not?

Do you think the Lovely Pauline will stage bare knuckle boxing, cock fighting and other gladiatorial events on the lawns of Parliament House should she win office? Daffy Donald did! BTW I'm sure YOU will get an invite.

Hi AC,

Big Gina is very keen to give Australia away to foreigners, obviously hoping for something in return, like a bit of Greenland.

"I would not be surprised that a poll (Sky News YouGov) would show a high level of ON support among young working class males ."

The poll didn't mention a male/female split. But tell yourself whatever you need to, to sleep at night.

As usual, the working-class warriors like Paul are the first to turn on the working=class when they step off the reservation.

Nope.
I'm not falling for the 'Zionist behind the Nationalist Flag' trick.
Hell-No.

They seem to be doing it everywhere.
Oldest trick in the book.

They did it with Trumps America.
Make Israel Great Again!
They do it in the UK with Tommy Robinson.
They do it in Australia with LNP and now ON.

Why did democracy have to become about 'supporting the immigrants' or 'supporting the genociders'
What a terrible choice and a sad and pathetic country we've become.
I told you all democracy has reached it's best before date

What reservation is Sky news mhaze?

Hi AC,

I'm just against the utter lunacy of net zero. How many billions a year are being slipped to the koala clubbing grifters? No Jewish conspiracy theory needed either. The lunatics wasting what would be well over a trillion of taxpayer money on the scam could not be more insane were they burning the money on a perpetual motion project.

Labour, Libs, Greens , Teals and Nats should hang their heads in shame for the greatest public con in Australian history.

Hi Trumpster,

I was reading the annalists of a YouGov poll given by a Sky News reporter as to the spread of One Nation voters.

"Analysis of the exclusive poll shows Pauline Hanson's party is the most popular party in the country for male, rural and working-class voters."

Given the voting trend towards far right populist politicians elsewhere I would not be surprised if a poll (Sky News YouGov) would show a high level of ON support among young working class males.

I don't include YOU in that demographic, on all three counts.

"I'm just against the utter lunacy of net zero. How many billions a year are being slipped to the koala clubbing grifters?"

Yes well that fad seems to be going out of fashion.

I've always tried to have a reasonable approach to the whole climate thing:
I'm not against doing things that are better for the environment but I don't support cutting my nose off to spite my face.
I'm not going to support shutting down the coal plants just because it seems like a trendy thing to do, you know.

We've come some way though haven't we?
Solar panels and electric cars and home battery storage.
Better than the old 100 watt light bulbs.
The climate warriors should be happy.

There is no economic rationale for capital investment in new coal fired power stations. CSIRO modelling for new coal fired stations shows their delivery cost of electricity would be twice that of new wind and solar backed by battery storage. There is an argument for minor investment by government in existing coal plants to extend their life over the short term. This is uneconomic, but it helps maintain supply as new green energy comes on line.

I'm perfectly fine with that Paul.
I just won't support shutting them down prematurely on a trendies whim if it means prices go up and consumers have to foot the bill for the switch over or if it creates further supply problems later.

A sensible approach is all I ask.

When you have these hysterical climate warrior types, well they want to shut down the coal plants regardless of the consequences.

It's like they go to the climate church, but when the bag gets passed around every Sunday, they want the non believers and people that the don't even go to church to open their wallets to pay for their climate religions beliefs instead.

Hi AC,

I agree with you on that. Its a bit like the kid (my son when he was a teenager) with an old car, and a daddy (that's me) with money. You can keep the old beast (79 Holden) running indefinitely if you're willing to pour lots of money into it. Ageing coal fired power plants are like that, government can keep them running well past the use by date, if they pour enough money into them. Then of course there is the reliability factor, pour lots of money in, but they still break down (like the old car).

Hi AC,

Still a way to go though. Batteries are still too expensive, short lived and unsafe to make them viable without heavy subsidies. Sodium ion batteries could be the first battery tech to change things, but they are at least five years away.

You will know things have changed when people go off-grid en masse and give those disgusting renewable energy con artists the finger, but it remains to be seen whether rooftop solar with battery storage is a cheaper option than mass produced nuclear.

"CSIRO modelling for new coal fired stations shows their delivery cost of electricity would be twice that of new wind and solar backed by battery storage."

The CSIRO still acknowledges that new build coal is cheaper than renewables, and that is even the case with their dodgy modelling.

https://youtu.be/rXXSQ7uGYZY?si=wZHyXRrqFFE4FgD2

Ask yourself why Indonesia is processing Australia's minerals with coal power if renewables are so cheap? Might be why new renewable investment is tanking despite the koala clubbing grifters getting over twenty billion a year in taxpayer handouts.

Australians are being conned.

'She's managed to stay around for 30 years.'

What's she achieved?

Suckin' off the government teat and barely attending parliament?

'Senator Pauline Hanson’s parliamentary attendance record varies depending on the type of session, with data showing she participated in about 53% to 54% of Senate divisions (votes), but attended just 12% of Senate estimates hearings over the past decade'

Maybe the Fish and Chips shop needed attention. Surely the $340,000 pa would help the Aussie Battler

You might need one of these when you go off grid Fester
AI laser mosquito defence
http://www.youtube.com/shorts/yWKEWcBmmZY
- Probably more technologically advanced than anything the U.S. and it's trillion dollar military has yet come up with.

Hi Fester,

You say; "The CSIRO still acknowledges that new build coal is cheaper than renewables."

NOT TRUE,

Through its annual, authoritative GenCost reports—conducted jointly with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)—the CSIRO explicitly states that solar and wind are the cheapest options for new electricity generation in Australia, even when factoring in the cost of integration (storage and transmission).

Who are these "Koala Clubbing Grifters"? What YOU are not saying is Government outlays over $16 billion annually on fossil fuel subsidies. An industry that has been around for 200 years, why do they need such massive subsidies?

I'm starting to think that the CSIRO needs to be defunded along with the Universities, ABC, others

Hi Kudos Kid,

Anything that doesn't fit your worldview should be defunded and outlawed, according to YOU, universities, ABC, SBS now you are adding the CSIRO as they don't agree with your extreme right wings views. Classic Fascism, dispose of all that offend YOU. BTW; Who come under the heading of "others", I'm sure its a long list.

Amazing all these far right politicians have either been found guilty of fraud and other criminal offences, like Trump in America or are facing charges, Farage in the UK, Le Pen in France, Hanson in Australia, and several others. Must be a far right thing, just as the Nazi's seen fit to steal European art treasures.

Fester,

I agree with your comments. So do 51% of Australians who are no longer willing to support costly climate action.

Don't listen to Paul 1405's rants. He bears out Nick Cater's comment that online media allows “ad hominem to triumph over substance”.

“Cheap, personal attacks deliver a higher return on investment than serious policy analysis, since humans are naturally drawn to status conflicts, villains, heroes, and tribal competition”, Cater writes.

I disagree with him about slagging off ‘triumphing’ over rational thought and opinion. The slaggers have no more say than sensible people do. They have one vote only, like everyone else, and all we have to do is ignore them - unless you like to keep them foaming at the mouth, a sport some people enjoy.

David Sharaz, the peanut behind the anti-Hanson poster that got a brief smile and a few seconds break in her speech from the intended “victim”, has had his application for membership of the NPC rejected. His notorious missus is out of the limelight, and he will never be in it. He is too pathetic for the AFP to charge him.

The NPC is considering its legal options against him and the GetUp thugs for their significant damage to the wall where the poster was placed, and to the lightbox.

A Hanson sycophant and habitual forum poster was cock-a-hoop when The Lovely Pauline, and her One Nation mob surged in the polls, and the Hansonites were believing it's Pauline for PM, and a One Nation government its just around the corner. As Shakespeare once said; "One swallow does not a summer make", in the case of ON "One poll does not a government make". After exposing herself at the NPC, down went the polls for ON. Hanson then toddled off to England, when does she do what she was paid to do, never, just to covert with Neo-Nazi leader, Tommy 'Pommy' Robinson (real name Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon), no surprise, down goes One Nation's popularity yet again, and Hanson's popularity yet again.

As I posted elsewhere, there is no need for the political moderates to criticise Hanson and One Nation, trying to bring them down. Just let Hanson and Joyce open their mouths, and they'll do it for you.