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Pauline Hanson 20 years on: same refrain, new target

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Twenty years after her inflammatory maiden speech claiming Australia was in danger of being swamped by Asians, Pauline Hanson has told the Senate that “now we are in danger of being swamped by Muslims who bear a culture and ideology that is incompatible with our own”.

In her second “first speech”, this time as a new senator...

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Newspoll steady, with Turnbull's poor ratings continuing

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

This week’s Newspoll, conducted 8-11 September from a sample of 1680, had an unchanged 50-50 result after preferences from unchanged primary votes of 41% Coalition, 36% Labor and 9% Greens. Turnbull’s satisfied rating was steady at 34%, and his dissatisfied rating up one to 53% for a net approval of -19. Shorten’s net approval...

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Foreign donations on agenda for parliamentary inquiry

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The issues of foreign donations and electronic voting will be examined by a wide-ranging parliamentary inquiry.

Special Minister of State Scott Ryan has released terms of reference for the inquiry by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM), which does a review after each election.

The committee will look at the extent of foreign...

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