Day: June 10, 2026

She ran a fish and chip shop and was once jailed before having her conviction quashed. Now Pauline Hanson and her anti-migrant, populist One Nation party are leading the polls in Australia – overtaking even the governing Labor party. So how did a woman long dismissed as a fringe joke become the most disruptive force in Australian politics? We spoke to populism expert Benjamin Moffitt from Monash University, who says what’s happening in Australia is part of a global pattern – but is moving faster than almost anywhere else.

00:00 Australia’s far-right populist surge
01:42 What One Nation stands for
02:31 Alignment with European populist right parties
02:48 Pauline Hanson’s long political story
05:26 Why Australians are turning to the far right
07:16 The dramatic speed of Australia’s political realignment
08:41 How One Nation could come second at the next election
09:35 How does Australia compare to your country?

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A water cannon has been deployed to disperse a large crowd after a second night of disorder in Northern Ireland following the Belfast knife attack.

Riot police came under sustained attack from a group throwing bricks, bottles and pieces of wood at a major roundabout to the north-west of Belfast.

Additional officers were drafted in but Wednesday’s disorder was not on the same scale as Tuesday’s violence.

Public transport shut down across Northern Ireland and some schools closed early on Wednesday ahead of any disruption. Belfast city centre was deserted after many businesses shut up shop by lunchtime.

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