Behind the scenes of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation campaign launch in Victoria
The One Nation party's Victorian campaign launch featured aggressive rhetoric against political opponents, drawing comparisons to American political tactics. Victorian Premier Ben Carroll criticized the event for importing divisive 'Americanized' political styles into the local judicial discourse.
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The rise of populist rhetoric and the 'Americanization' of political campaigns are becoming significant concerns for democratic norms in Australia.
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Share A A A Premier Ben Carroll has been at pains to separate himself from his predecessors, but a One Nation threat to put Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan in jail by Christmas had him lamenting the alarming “Americanisation” of the orange mob’s rallying cry – and that was before he heard about the doughnuts.
Pauline Hanson with One Nation’s Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, (right) at Crown in Melbourne on Saturday. Chris Hopkins At One Nation’s Victorian campaign launch on Saturday, MC and candidate Mark Nicholson provocatively threatened to jail the two former Victorian premiers if the right-wing party won November’s state election.
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