How the most polarizing politician in Australia is winning | DW News

How the most polarizing politician in Australia is winning | DW News

She ran a fish and chip shop and was once jailed before having her conviction quashed. Now Pauline Hanson and her anti-migrant, populist One Nation party are leading the polls in Australia – overtaking even the governing Labor party. So how did a woman long dismissed as a fringe joke become the most disruptive force in Australian politics? We spoke to populism expert Benjamin Moffitt from Monash University, who says what’s happening in Australia is part of a global pattern – but is moving faster than almost anywhere else. Credit to : DW News

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