The Orange Wave That Wasn't How a Billionaire's Jet, a Halloween Party, and a Nation of Pollsters Got It Spectacularly Wrong

"The MAGA experiment in Australia just had its first proper election night. And based on early counting, it couldn’t win a chook raffle." #Australia #SAelection #australianpolitics #ginathehutt #poorlean #scam #onenation #rwnj #auspol
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Fiona Katauskas cartoon: A brief history of Pauline Hanson Panel 1: There’s the time she blamed the Asians … Hanson with finger raised “We’re in danger of being swamped” and silent John Howard in background. Panel 2: … the time she blamed indigenous people … Hanson holding sign “It’s black and white!” and saying “It’s their own fault”. Panel 3: The time she moved to England then blamed the “too many migrants” there for her return to Australia … Hanson wearing Union Jack cap and t-shirt (with “Foreigners Out!”) and saying “Irony? What Irony?”. Panel 4: The time she blamed all Muslims … Hanson wearing a t-shirt with “Joyless Division” and saying “They’re destroying social cohesion”. Panel 5: The time she blamed schools for teaching critical race theory even though they didn’t … Hanson wearing “Proud to be White” t-shirt and holding sign, “No to identity politics”. Panel 6: The times she’s got away with utterly failing to offer any actual solutions … Hanson luxuriating the spotlight with cameras trained, and the sparkling wine chilling, saying “Who can blame me … ”

Why @fionakatauskas.bsky.social continues to be a star in the #auspol political cartoon firmament.
#Poorlean and the #PHONies

Proud socialist (read Whitlam Laborite) here @wendyharmer.bsky.social, saying “A pox on #Poorlean and all the #PHONies” - no sausages for me either, I guess #auspol

I would feel unsafe in any environment where #Poorlean feels safe

Ramadan night markets bring thousands of visitors to Lakemba – a suburb where Pauline Hanson claims people ‘feel unwelcome’ More than one million people are expected to visit the month-long night markets in south-west Sydney, where ‘everyone is happy’

#Poorlean comments on Lakemba as accurate as the #SpudTheThug claims about “black gangs” in Melbourne #auspol #PHONies

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Well, #Poorlean is both @deemadigan.bsky.social, so she has consistent selection criteria #PHONies #auspol

Can we get it in writing?

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Let's fundraise for indelible ink 🔏

#straya

#auspol

#poorlean

#scumnation

The Australian Senate can't condemn an obvious genocide but they can stop Lidia tearing up paper.

If this continues Penny will stamp her foot.

Oh yes she will.

#auspol
#poorlean

‘Supremely ignorant’: Queensland One Nation candidate’s comparison of Covid vaccination to Holocaust condemned Health experts and Jewish community leader decry comments by bricklayer Gary Williamson, who is standing in the seat of Redlands

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Poorlean sure hasn't lost her touch.

This bloke looks really, really nice.

#auspol
#poorlean