Disenfranchised, working-class voters looking to lodge a protest vote against the major parties helps explain the high vote for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Markela Panegyres looks at the issues in the South Australian election.
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Labor’s handling of the so-called “ISIS brides” issue is the latest example of its willingness to fan the flames of racism and division, argues Peter Boyle.
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While opinion polls show Pauline Hanson’s One Nation ahead of the Coalition, how substantial or transient this is remains a political question, argues Alex Bainbridge.