Albanese is fond of saying people underestimate him. He should be careful not to do the same with Pauline Hanson

Any idea that Pauline Hanson and her insurgent populist project isn’t upending Australia’s political reality should be done away with, Tom McIlroy writes. Composite: AAP/Guardian design

Pauline Hanson might as well have been a delegate at Labor’s national conference in Adelaide this week.

Invoked directly, alluded to, dismissed and feared, the One Nation leader was everywhere – proof she is on the minds of more than just the opposition 18 months out from the next election.