Why won’t politicians attack Pauline Hanson?

Why won’t politicians attack Pauline Hanson?

From The Front by The Australian

June 10, 2026 · 15 min

About this episode

The episode discusses why politicians are hesitant to directly attack Pauline Hanson despite her rising influence.

She dishes out freewheeling critique of just about everyone - but Pauline Hanson isn’t being directly attacked by the parties who should fear One Nation’s spectacular rise the most. Chief political correspondent Greg Brown is here. Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel . Newspoll: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation in front of Labor, Anthony Albanese gets worst ever rating Pauline Hanson hit: the truth’s been costed as One Nation in disarray Commentary by Janet Albrechtsen:  Memo, Mr Albanese: serious money talks – and listens – to Hanson Editorial:  One Nation has shown no real expertise on economics or defence This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Claire Harvey

Guest: Greg Brown

Topics covered

  • politics
  • Pauline Hanson
  • One Nation
  • Australian news
  • elections

Keywords

  • Pauline Hanson
  • One Nation
  • Greg Brown
  • politics
  • Anthony Albanese
  • Newspoll
  • Australian news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Nation, The Australian, YouTube

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