Bonus ep: Why One Nation’s win changes the game
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Ruby Jones and you're listening to 7am.
What recent victory did Pauline Hanson achieve and why is it significant?
It's something Pauline Hanson has been eyeing for years and on the weekend she finally got it, a seat in the lower house. Her candidate for Farrah, David Farley, did even better than expected. He was elected on 57% of the vote. It changes things not just for Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but for the country.
How did David Farley's election performance exceed expectations?
Today, contributing editor for The New Daily, Amy Ramikis, on the power of populism right now and what One Nation wants next.
It's Monday, May 11.
We're like a mason with a chisel and a hammer, and we're re-carving the letters into the Australian democracy. One nation has reached the end of its beginning.
So, Amy, One Nation's victory in FARA was historic. It's the first time One Nation has won a federal lower house seat since Pauline Hanson herself was elected back in the 90s. She is, of course, synonymous with the party.
What does One Nation's win mean for the political landscape in Australia?
So tell me about how she's taking credit for this.
Pauline Hanson is having a victory lap at the moment. I think it's maybe the happiest that I've ever seen her in 30 years of watching her on the national stage because even when she was elected, it was as an independent. Barnaby Joyce jumped ship from the nationals. But this is people putting one next to a One Nation candidate at the voting booth.
This is not only a win for Farah, it's a win for the rest of Australia.
Yes!
I'm seeing the sea of these proud Australians' faces here in front of me, hundreds of you, but millions are watching you on your TVs now, and I believe it's giving them hope.
While the Liberals and the Nationals had preference, David Farley, in the end, he didn't even really need those preferences because he was so far ahead on first preferences that, you know, it was overwhelmingly he was the choice of the electorate.
When I was walking out of here earlier and I looked up and I saw Sky called it that we won the seat, I actually got a tear in my eye.
And so, yeah, Pauline Hanson is very, very happy and she started talking about, you know, One Nation's dominance and to which an extent that is absolutely true. What we're seeing is a reordering of the right when it comes to mainstream politics in Australia. One Nation's rise has corresponded with the Coalition's decline and it's all happened quite rapidly after the last federal election.
Oh. And the people out there who may be watching this, we're coming after those other seats. You are not going to be the forgotten people anymore. We are proud fans.
So what Pauline Hanson now is doing is talking about where One Nation is heading next, and that's national seats, but it's also outer suburban seats. And Pauline Hanson has said that Western Sydney is on her list, including in the Liberal-held seat of Lindsay, which Melissa McIntosh, who considers herself one of the future leaders of the Liberal Party, currently holds. And the Liberal Party is quite worried about One Nation's impact on... on seats like Lindsay and what that's going to mean over the next couple of years.
And it was the most regional parts of the seat of Farah that voted the most emphatically for One Nation. So how do you think that those voters and people who are in these regional seats, suburban seats in general, are thinking about the country that they want to live in and how much anger do you think there is?
I think there is a lot of anger, but there always has been, particularly in regional Australia. Regional Australia feels very abandoned by mainstream politics. That's not new.
We need to change. All the others are liars. They don't back up on their promises. We've had enough and it's time to bring in some new blood. I think they're for the people. I feel our local area has been neglected for a fairly long time.
And in a lot of cases, they're right to feel abandoned. I mean, Barnaby Joyce, when he was nationals leader, used to make a point of saying that the nationals electorates were the poorest in the country. He did not change that while he was nationals leader and while he had a lot of influence over the nationals.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:09
2
What recent victory did Pauline Hanson achieve and why is it significant?
0:09–0:30
3
How did David Farley's election performance exceed expectations?
0:30–1:26
4
What does One Nation's win mean for the political landscape in Australia?
1:26–8:07
5
How is Pauline Hanson taking credit for One Nation's recent success?
8:07–16:27
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