Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?

This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage.

Or, given One Nation’s surging polls, have we pushed the fast forward button, to when Hanson’s party joins the big league? The March 21 South Australian election, followed by the Farrer byelection for Sussan Ley’s seat, will provide clues.

Hanson told Sky on Monday, “I’ve got no time for the radical Islam. Their religion concerns me because of what it says in the Quran. They hate Westerners and that’s what it’s all about. You say, ‘Oh well, there’s good Muslims out there.’ I’m sorry, how can you tell me there are good Muslims?”