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The Making of One Nation: podcast out now

For 30 years, One Nation and Pauline Hanson have been ridiculed, dismissed and shut out. Now, no one is laughing. This is the story of how a party...

19.05.2026 20

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Ashlynne Mcghee

Ignore the polls: One Nation is the unofficial opposition

One Nation is polling at levels it hasn’t seen in 25 years. Is this surge a protest or a realignment? And what, if anything, comes after Hanson...

08.05.2026 8

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Ashlynne Mcghee

One Nation: built by the media, supercharged by the algorithms

The party’s already notched up 33 million views on YouTube. It doesn’t need us.

01.05.2026 10

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No power, all influence: How One Nation gets what it wants

How has a party that’s never held government, never been in opposition and had so few members in parliament managed to shape the public policy agenda?

24.04.2026 10

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Ashlynne Mcghee

Inside One Nation’s strategy of scandal, chaos and controversy

Most political parties fear a scandal, but not One Nation. The defections, punch-ups, chaos and controversies mount, and yet it survives.

17.04.2026 10

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Pauline Hanson has a long list of enemies. It’s intentional

Every populist movement needs a threat. One Nation found several: Asian immigration, native title and Islam just to name a few. But do those enemies...

10.04.2026 10

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Bondi Beach shooting: how it happened

We’ve sifted through verified video and social media posts to piece together everything we can about the deadliest shooting in Australia since Port...

15.12.2025 30

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Ashlynne McGhee