The Canberra Times "Hanson Senate success puts pressure on major parties"

Australia was not immune to the growing disaffection with major parties among an older, largely rural dwelling and inherently conservative section of the electorate that has been sweeping the globe as shown in the election resuts in which the One Nation has won 4 senate seats, according to the Canberra Times.

Senator Pauline Hanson Source: AAP

The paper aruges in its recent editorial that the willingness of many of these individuals to believe the world has been sold a pup on climate change, that foreigners are taking over Australian cities and most of rural Australia has been flogged off to the Chinese is indicative of how emotion, perception and belief have trumped evidence and logic.

 

As a result of this, Australia's major political parties are under intense pressure to engage with the people they have left behind or run the risk of "know-nothing" movements such as One Nation gaining even more power and support.