This week Pauline Hanson declared there are “no good Muslims” and renewed her call for a ban on people from Gaza and other so-called “terror hotspots”. After a backlash from across the community she has since walked back her comments on Muslim Australians, but her track record for stoking racial division remains intact. 

It’s language that was once politically toxic. Now it’s cutting through with a whole generation of voters who feel they’ve been dudded by the promise of prosperity through hard work alone. 

Today, Director of Strategy and Analytics at RedBridge Group, Kos Samaras, on the voters once known as Howard’s battlers, why more of them are turning to One Nation, and the forces reshaping Australia’s political centre and the social fabric of its democracy. 

 

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Guest: Kos Samaras, Director of Strategy and Analytics at RedBridge Group

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This week Pauline Hanson declared there are &ldquo;no good Muslims&rdquo; and renewed her call for a ban on people from Gaza and other so-called &ldquo;terror hotspots&rdquo;. After a backlash from across the community she has since walked back her comments on Muslim Australians, but her track record for stoking racial division remains intact.&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s language that was once politically toxic. Now it&rsquo;s cutting through with a whole generation of voters who feel they&rsquo;ve been dudded by the promise of prosperity through hard work alone.&nbsp;
Today, Director of Strategy and Analytics at RedBridge Group, Kos Samaras, on the voters once known as Howard&rsquo;s battlers, why more of them are turning to One Nation, and the forces reshaping Australia&rsquo;s political centre and the social fabric of its democracy.&nbsp;
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Guest: Kos Samaras, Director of Strategy and Analytics at RedBridge Group
Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

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Why Howard’s battlers are turning to Hanson

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