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Tag Archives: Populism

05 Nov
Law & Politics

Built to break: Why One Nation’s coalition won’t survive power

  • 06/11/2026
  • By author-avatar Clare Heath-McIvor
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Pauline Hanson has gathered Christian conservatives, neo-Nazi fellow travellers and anti-establishment mavericks under one banner, but ...

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17 Oct
Law & Politics

The disconnect driving populist politics

  • 05/11/2026
  • By author-avatar Adam Wakeling
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In May 2025, the Albanese Labor government’s decisive victory suggested that the tides of populism which had inundated Europe and the U...

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03 Sep
Law & Politics

Populists make a play in Australia’s fragmented political landscape

  • 05/11/2026
  • By author-avatar Jack Dikian
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Not even a stunt orchestrated by activist group GetUp! could derail One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s first appearance at the N...

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22 Oct
Law & Politics

How authoritarians twist language into weapons

  • 05/11/2026
  • By author-avatar Matthe Sharpe
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The world finds itself in a cultural setting in which large swathes of democratic countries place their faith in faux salvific 'strongm...

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03 Jun
Law & Politics

Why extremists see gold in the migration debate

  • 05/11/2026
  • By author-avatar Josh Roose
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There’s nothing new about debates around immigration in an Australian election campaign and it’s sensible that they happen. There’s als...

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25 Feb
Law & Politics

As Christian nationalism’s new figurehead, Trump inspires Australia’s extremes

  • 05/11/2026
  • By author-avatar Clare Heath-McIvor
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The first days of Trump’s second presidency have passed with a flurry of tariff standoffs and literal turf wars with Greenland, ...

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19 Feb
Law & Politics

Defending fragile democracies against the march of authoritarianism

  • 05/11/2026
  • By author-avatar Elizabeth Dangerfield
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Democracy is difficult. Democracy is fragile. Democracy, in its most inclusive modus operandi, pushes the boundaries too far for many p...

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