A week of reality checks: ‘Pauline for PM’ and the true state of the AUKUS pact
6/4/202630 min
This week polls showed, for the first time, One Nation ahead of the major parties and Pauline Hanson as preferred prime minister in second place ahead of Angus Taylor.
Today we're talking about her strategy, her chances in the lower house and any parallels with the United States. Is it time to take Hanson seriously?
And the week would not be over if we didn't mention submarines - but second-hand ones this time. Was this always the intention as the government is saying? We'll unpick it.
Today's episode is hosted by Jacqueline Maley, with guests chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal, and foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott.
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First 90 secondsJacqueline Maley· Host0:00
[gentle music] I'm Jacqueline Maley, and you're listening to Inside Politics from the newsrooms of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. I am joined, as usual, from Canberra by our Chief Political Correspondent, Paul Sekel. And also, we have our elegant, tall, the man with élan, um, Matthew Knott, who is our National Security Cor- Correspondent, also joining from Canberra.
Matthew Knott· Panelist0:21
Oh, I'm blushing all over.
Paul Sakkal· Panelist0:23
These, these introductions for everyone but me just get more glowing by the week.
Matthew Knott· Panelist0:27
Yeah.
Jacqueline Maley· Host0:27
I know. I know, Paul.
Matthew Knott· Panelist0:28
You take for granted the people who are always there.
Jacqueline Maley· Host0:30
Yeah, that's right.
Paul Sakkal· Panelist0:31
No, we do love to have Knottie in Canberra. He, he brings a, a vibe- The blow-ups get more love ... brings a vibrancy to the office that just doesn't exist when you're not here.
Jacqueline Maley· Host0:38
Yeah. He's a man on the move, and a man on the make. Now, listen, the big news this week, guys, in Canberra was the Redbridge poll, the, which was published in the Australian Financial Review on Monday, and it showed that for the first time One Nation was actually out polling on its primary vote both major parties, so not just the Coalition, but also Labor. It had a primary vote at 31%, and Labor's primary vote was down three points to 28%. The Coalition vote is just a distant third [laughs] at 20%. It also showed that Pauline Hanson is the second place sort of winner in the p- preferred PM stakes, ahead of Angus Taylor, and it also showed that Hanson is the most popular politician in the entire country. So they do this funny thing about favorability ratings, and her net favorability rating, so the people who hate her versus