Is 'nastiness' backfiring on Pauline Hanson?

ABC News Daily by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sep 17, 20260:16:01Society & Culture

Pauline Hanson has spent the week offending everyone from Andrew Hastie to the Prime Minister and Indigenous Australians, drawing widespread condemnation. But is hitting back at her personally the best way to respond? To...

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