Peter Hartcher on Australian nihilism, fear and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
More Australians feel unsafe in the world than ever before, according to new research from the Lowy Institute.
And it is this environment of fear – fear of a bad economy, of terrorism, of immigration – that makes for an environment ripe for a political party like One Nation to prosper.
Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on how Australia is experiencing a moment he has never witnessed before, and where the solutions lie.
Background reading
This is the Australia that Pauline Hanson has been waiting for – a frightened country
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