Tag Pauline Hanson

Lollipop Ladies and the Rise of One Nation: Men are back in fashion

Drive past almost any major roadworks site in Australia and the picture is the same. High-vis vests, orange cones, and young women in hard hats twirling the red-and-white stop/slow bats that have earned them the name lollipop ladies. Some are… Continue Reading →

The Death of the Australian Liberal Party: 1944 – 2026

The Australian Liberal Party is not in trouble. It is finished. Their demise, years in the making, has been well earned. For international readers, in the Upside Down World known as Australia, the Liberal Party are the nation’s conservatives. Repeated… Continue Reading →

A Dark Day in Australia’s Mortgage Belt

The RBA lifts the cash rate to a 15-year high of 4.6 per cent. Young families wear the extra repayments. Canberra wears the blame. “RBA throws mortgage holders under the bus.” “Dark day for hardworking Australian families.” “Labor’s spending addiction… Continue Reading →

Pfizer in the Australian Parliament: Senator Pauline Hanson. The Best of the Transcripts.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SENATE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION COMMITTEE These hearings have been the subject of worldwide news and and so we bring you these edited highlights. For those who have followed it, they mark an historic turning point in… Continue Reading →

Clive Palmer and One Nation flopped at the election. What happened?

Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University. Many commentators tipped Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party (UAP) and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation to perform well this election by scooping up the “freedom” and anti-vax vote from voters angry about how the pandemic was… Continue Reading →

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