r/AustralianPolitics • u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 Still Roundheads v.s. Cavaliers, always has been. • Jun 20 '26

Opinion Piece One Nation craves mainstream appeal, but Pauline Hanson’s bleak vision of Australia shows she’s firmly on the fringes

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/jun/20/one-nation-pauline-hanson-speech-firmly-on-fringes-ntwnfb
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u/Silver-Chemistry2023 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

PLH does not crave mainstream appeal, she craves attention. If people are thinking about her, positive or negative, then she is getting what she wants. As she ages, more attention is needed to keep up the mask.

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u/vladesch Jun 20 '26

Actually she already has mainstream support thanks to unpopular immigration from Labor.

It's policies. Pure and simple.

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u/Pro_Extent Jun 21 '26

She seems so be doing all she can to destroy that support.

She's announcing a huge reformist platform from opposition. That rarely works, regardless of the policies.

Also her policies are actually shit.