One direction

It’s now a full parliamentary year since former Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s 2025 trouncing.

A question has emerged in the interim: has Australian politics radically changed, or stayed much the same?

For now, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has emerged as a credible force with support extending well beyond former Coalition voters.

Labor-aligned strategist Bruce Hawker tells us that voters rejected Dutton’s right-wing populism after the return of Donald Trump.