Tony Barry
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227 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 19 Aug
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Now I remember
polling in 2007, the right direction was 65%.
65% of Australians said we're heading in the right direction.
And the most recent poll we did for the Finn Review.
fifty four percent said we're heading in the wrong direction.
So there's been a significant shift over the last nineteen years in people's assessments of how the country is travelling.
And that's building the grievance.
And that is why
One nation is able to identify that grievance.
And speak to that grievance.
Exactly, exactly.
You want to control the microphone because you get to drive the narrative and the opposition typically responds.
But Hansen is in the position where
In some cases she actually drives the narrative and the governor's responding and the opposition is responding.
Well, I think C, all of the above.
There is certainly always a political reward for running the agenda and whether you agree or disagree with her positions on things, she is running the agenda.
She's the most dominant political force in Australia right now.
The risk for her, and all these propositions are a risk versus reward proposition, is
is that she's offering policy prescriptions whereas previously she was just identifying grievance and she's been exceptionally effective from a political point of view at identifying grievance.
But when you start offering policy prescriptions, you give your opponents a bullseye to hit.
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