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6 | The Making of One Nation: seize the moment?
Season 1 Episode 6
One Nation didn't emerge in a vacuum, then or now.
The global surge in right-wing populism has propelled the party and thirty years on, it’s arguably …
1 day, 21 hours ago
5 | The Making of One Nation: master the media
Season 1 Episode 5
The media made Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but now the party holds all the power.
It’s a perfect storm for democracy: a shrinking and cowering trad…
1 week, 1 day ago
4 | The Making of One Nation: move the centre
Season 1 Episode 4
It’s never held government, or even opposition, yet One Nation’s managed to exert an outsized influence on the public policy agenda.
From borders to m…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
3 | The Making of One Nation: survive a scandal
Season 1 Episode 3
We’d all like deeply considered policy and informed debate to be at the heart of politics, but unfortunately controversies and scandals tend to steal…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
2 | The Making of One Nation: define the enemy
Season 1 Episode 2
You might remember this line in Pauline Hanson's maiden speech: "I'm afraid we're in danger of being swamped by Asians."
It wasn't the first racist co…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
1 | The Making of One Nation: enter the outsider
Season 1 Episode 1
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Nearly thirty years on, Hanson's inf…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Making of One Nation: coming soon
Season 1
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From a fish and chip shop in regional Queensland to the heart of Australian politics: this is th…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: co-opt the military
Episode 6
In November, six Democratic lawmakers recorded a video directed at members of the US military and intelligence agencies. In it, they issued a blunt r…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: suppress the people
Episode 5
The list of people Donald Trump has punished or threatened to punish since returning to office is long. It includes the likes of James Comey, Letitia…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: beat the courts
Episode 4
In democratic systems, the courts are a vital check on a leader’s power. They have the ability to overturn laws and, in Donald Trump’s case, the exec…
5 months, 3 weeks ago