Polls, the media and what's really driving One Nation’s support

Polls, the media and what's really driving One Nation’s support

From The Morning Edition by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

June 11, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the influence of media and polling on One Nation's support in Australia.

With the budget backlash era moving on to something like begrudged resignation, or budget fatigue, we’re expecting Treasurer Jim Chalmers to soon make a few announcements around the tax changes. While this bubbles along, the only story in politics continues to be One Nation. Inside Politics host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal debate whether the media and the near-daily reporting on polls are driving more support or exaggerating Pauline Hanson’s true popularity in Australia. Outside of this, the hard-right party purportedly raised $1.5 million in a single day via a crowd-funding campaign called Fire the Liar. And the Coalition is squabbling over whether to preference One Nation in the next federal election, which is still two years away. In the meantime, Labor by way of Foreign Minister Penny Wong says in the face of chaos, the government wants to go back to basics and focus on health, education and all the policies it says the other parties are lacking in. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jacqueline Maley

Guest: Paul Sakkal

Topics covered

  • politics
  • polls
  • One Nation
  • media influence
  • fundraising
  • government policies

Keywords

  • One Nation
  • polls
  • media
  • Jim Chalmers
  • Penny Wong
  • fundraising
  • politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Nation, Labor, Coalition

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