Full Story Newsroom edition: how Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is changing politics
Mar 19, 2026
Sarah Martin, Guardian Australia investigations reporter on transparency and political donations, and Mike Ticher, political journalist and commentator on electoral trends, dissect One Nation’s surge. They debate whether the party is acting like an opposition. They explore who is moving to One Nation and why, discuss economic grievance, media responsibility around racism and immigration, and probe donation links and coalition strategies.
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One Nation Shapes Politics Without Seats
- One Nation is setting agenda influence without matching electoral representation.
- Ipsos found ~25% support yet they hold few seats, giving them outsized agenda power across parties, Mike Ticher observed.
Long Term Policy Failures Fuel Populist Rise
- Voter grievance plus long-term neoliberal fallout fuels One Nation's growth.
- Sarah Martin links regional disenfranchisement, cost-of-living and housing failures to decades of policy that primed voters for populist appeal.
Economic Worries Tied To Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
- One Nation mixes economic grievances with cultural scapegoating on immigration.
- Jo Tovey and Sarah Martin note rising anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment tracked by Scanlon reports is being weaponised politically.