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Grattan on Friday: why a byelection in Western Australia has turned into a national test for One Nation

If you’re not from Western Australia, the byelection in the state seat of Secret Harbour is unlikely to have been on your radar. But Labor, Liberal and One Nation strategists will be intently watching the result on the night of August 29.

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Labor thinks it can win elections defending super. For Hanson, it’s just another way to deprive Taylor of political oxygen

Despite leading in the polls, Hanson is allowed to offer thought bubbles instead of actual policy

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Footy great lines up for One Nation as election recruit

A retired AFL champion has been named as the latest, and highest profile, One Nation candidate for a much-anticipated state election.

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Nestory Irankunda says Pauline Hanson’s Socceroos monocultural claim made ‘us boys angry’

Socceroos forward says the One Nation leader’s comments during the World Cup made him ‘emotional’

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One Nation wants to cut the tobacco tax. Would that curb the illicit cigarette market?

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called for a 75% cut to the tobacco tax and a freeze on any price indexation of the tax for three years. Hanson said this would make cigarettes cheaper and so undercut Australia’s growing illicit tobacco market.

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Defence joins search for missing bushwalker – as it happened

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Pauline Hanson is targeting superannuation. Should it be easier to access your savings?

Investment experts say early withdrawal can substantially reduce retirement funds, but they suggest reducing contribution rates

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: One Nation’s David Farley on the migrants his party wants

One Nation is very much centre stage of the political debate, with Pauline Hanson calling for a harder line on immigration, and for Australia’s superannuation rules to be “lightened up a bit” so people could access their retirement savings early.

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Retirement savings to be 'decimated' under early access

The treasurer has cautioned against a push for Australians to dip into their super early to deal with cost-of-living pressures.

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Hanson's tobacco tax cut backed as black market thrives

One Nation is pledging to slash the tobacco excise by 75 per cent, which an expert predicts could spark a crackdown on the illicit cigarette trade.

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Severe weather warning for northern Victoria – as it happened

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Rightwing critics argue we might as well scrap super. Here’s why that could spell disaster for Australia’s finances

Spending on aged pension will be stable for decades to come, experts argue, despite claims by Bragg and Hanson

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One Nation demands action over staffer's attack at show

One Nation is demanding four teens who allegedly spat on and punched a staffer, leaving the woman with a broken rib, be tracked down and held to account.

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Resolve poll suggests more voters support Labor’s federal budget changes than oppose them

The three new federal polls have the total vote for One Nation and the Coalition at 46% in YouGov (down one), 48% in Morgan (up 0.5) and 49% in Resolve (steady). The Resolve poll gives Labor encouragement by suggesting their May budget changes are becoming more popular.

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Visa slowdown for backpackers amid migration backlash

Labor has confirmed it is slowing down working visa applications as work continues behind the scenes to settle on a restricted migration scheme.

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Anger over One Nation plan to 'end compulsory super'

One Nation has been criticised after leader Pauline Hanson suggested many people would be better off with money in their pockets rather than in superannuation.

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'I still don't like it': Hanson on gay pride parade

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is still no fan of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, 30 years on from an infamous interview.

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Chalmers rejects Hanson’s call for more super access saying One Nation ‘wants to destroy’ scheme – as it happened

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Minister slaps down Hanson's latest immigration call

A federal minister has dismissed Pauline Hanson's latest immigration policy proposal, likening it to something Donald Trump would advocate.

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Across the world authoritarians want to tell us what a ‘good life’ looks like. Here’s how liberals must respond

From Maga to Hungary’s Fidesz and Australia’s One Nation, politics is returning to its oldest question: what makes a life worth living? And liberalism needs a credible answer

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The melons rolled quite gently out of the gate – then suddenly became an avalanche for Albanese

Most of the media initially ignored the prime minister’s innuendo as they went to town on his crass Kylie comment. Plus: Victoria drowning in AI

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Morning Mail: One Nation’s undercover videos, Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ fortune, Farage v Binface

Pauline Hanson staffer accused of impersonating progressive activists to create online content

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Friday essay: we’re all ‘political’ now – but can that lead to real change?

It was the summer of 2024 in Carindale, Queensland. I had gone to a salon for lashes and somehow found myself inside a political monologue.

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Monoculture threatens nation's security, minister warns

One Nation's policies would jeopardise relations around the world and risk the safety of Australians, Foreign Minister Penny Wong warns.

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I protested against Pauline Hanson 28 years ago – now my teenager is doing the same thing

In 1998, when I was in year 11, my friends and I wagged school to protest against the One Nation leader. Now my daughter has joined the school walkout

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