Pearls and Irritations editor, Catriona Jackson, deserves a row of medals, most for trying to change Pauline Hanson’s mind over the years, and another one for her “Pauline’s poisonous politics” piece, which should be national reading. Jackson exposes Hanson for what she really is – a manipulator and a con artist. While her message is “I’m here for ordinary Australians”, in reality, she’s here to wreck institutions and discriminate against people she doesn’t like.
Her wealthy mate Gina Rinehart sees Hanson as a convenient mouthpiece with aligning views. Not only did Hanson call climate change a “hoax”, but she also proposed to scrap net zero and renewable energy programs, and abolish the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. All music to Rinehart’s ears. Australians must defeat this toxic convergence of money and populism at the ballot box.
Defeat the toxic convergence at the ballot box
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