The long-standing promotion of Pauline Hanson by the pro-capitalist media went into overdrive following her June 17 appearance at the National Press Club.

Typical was the June 16 edition of The West Australian, which devoted a front cover, an editorial and a centre-spread to celebrating her politics while attacking her critics. The Murdoch media was much the same, adopting the descriptor “Iron Lady” on the front cover of The Advertiser.

Whether Hanson actually has the smarts to be a parliamentary opposition leader, let alone prime minister, and if One Nation becomes the party encompassing the majority of the right in Australian politics remains to be seen. That’s probably not even the most important point. As the editorial in The West concluded: “Politics in this country is at a moment like none before”.

The right-wing editors are sniffing around for the opportunity to decisively shift politics to the right — to benefit the billionaires.

The prospect of large numbers of working people who are dissatisfied with Labor and the Liberal National........

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