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Recent polls put One Nation at 25%, up from about 6% at the last federal election. Rising petrol, rents and stretched regional services are driving voters — but the surge pairs real grievances with divisive rhetoric and opaque funding.
Pauline Hanson has called for steep migration cuts, mandatory English and limits on mosques. Anthony Albanese dismissed the agenda as nonsense while parts of the Coalition have been cautious amid rising One Nation support.
One Nation is rising on housing, immigration and cost-of-living anger. For renters, the test is full costings — not slogans — before anyone gets power.
Pauline Hanson says Labor and the Greens harbour antisemitism. The seriousness of that claim points to independent inquiry or ethics processes — not internal spin.
Pauline Hanson’s charge that Anthony Albanese favours Western Sydney votes over safety reopens a harder question: targeted, evidence-led security — or politics that either soft-pedals threats or paints communities with a broad brush.
In Victoria, some organisers argue attacks on Pauline Hanson land badly with soft voters focused on ABC/SBS, TAFE, penalty rates and Medicare — and that parties need a clearer cost-of-policy case.
Former Labor leader and US ambassador Kim Beazley says Pauline Hanson’s party risked turning Australia into a “pariah” if polling gains translated into power.