When Pauline Hanson was at the previous peak of her political popularity, in the late 90s, one journalist was there chronicling it. 

Margo Kingston followed Hanson on the 98 campaign trail, and has followed her career ever since – pulled back in, even when she wanted to walk away. 

So what do Pauline Hanson’s beginnings tell us about her future? And what are the parallels between 1996 and 2026? 

Today, Margo Kingston, on what Pauline Hanson has come to represent, and how she’s using her past to fashion her present. 

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Guest: Journalist and author of Off the Rails: The Pauline Hanson trip, Margo Kingston

Photo: AAP Image/Tony Phillips