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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times

Why is Angus Taylor turning the Coalition into Pauline Hanson's party?

Angus Taylor recently unleashed a closed-door attack on the Australian Public Service during a small-business forum in Logan, Queensland. While the Opposition Leader deliberately channelled the combative language of Peter Dutton, Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison, his specific political targets reveal a deeply troubling inspiration.

Angus Taylor seems to believe that the best way to beat Pauline Hanson is to become Pauline Hanson. Picture by Karleen Minney

The similarities between his destructive promises, made far away from the media's gaze, and the policies Pauline Hanson outlined during her recent National Press Club address are too great to ignore.

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