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Is Pauline Hanson now unstoppable?

6/18/202615 min

This week Pauline Hanson addressed the National Press Club and a new poll showed she is Australia’s preferred prime minister. 

Today, columnist, author and academic, Waleed Aly, on how One Nation could win the next election and why it’s so hard for the major parties to stop the rise of Pauline Hanson. 

Featured:  

Waleed Aly, co-host of The Minefield on ABC Radio National, a columnist, author and politics lecturer at Monash University

Clips

Hansons 15% Path To PM
Populist Wave Is Unstoppable
City Voters Turn To Hanson
A 'Sexy Plane' Double Standard
Echoes Of John Howard

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Waleed Aly· Guest0:00

    [upbeat music] ABC Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music, and more. Tammy Shipley believed someone was out to hurt her.

  2. Pauline Hanson· Soundbite0:11

    I thought someone was after me, and I wanted to just be safe.

  3. Waleed Aly· Guest0:13

    She's put under 24-hour surveillance.

  4. Sam Hawley· Host0:15

    I tried to get in contact multiple times.

  5. Pauline Hanson· Soundbite0:18

    I just need to make a phone call. Nobody knows where I am.

  6. Waleed Aly· Guest0:20

    And then something strange happens.

  7. Sam Hawley· Host0:23

    She just drank and drank and had something like 20 liters of pure water.

  8. Pauline Hanson· Soundbite0:27

    Ambulance emergency.

  9. Anthony Albanese· Soundbite0:28

    I've got a woman unconscious.

  10. Waleed Aly· Guest0:29

    Tammy's story. Search Background Briefing on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

  11. Sam Hawley· Host0:35

    [upbeat music] It's been Pauline Hanson's week. It began with a poll showing her as the nation's preferred prime minister, and culminated with a feisty address to the National Press Club, her first formal appearance there. Today, columnist, author, and academic Waleed Aly on how One Nation could win the next federal election, and why it's so hard for the major parties to counter Pauline Hanson. I'm Sam Hawley on Gadigal land in Sydney. This is ABC NewsDaily.

  12. Unknown speaker1:21

    [upbeat music]

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