For the first time in her 30-year political career, Pauline Hanson fronted the National Press Club this week. It was a blistering address, and a combative question-and-answer round with journalists – with Hanson attacking multiculturalism, the climate crisis, transgender rights, Indigenous policy, paid parental leave and the two public broadcasters.Longtime journalist Margo Kingston knows Hanson better than most – having covered the One Nation leader since her first rise to prominence in 1996, and also written a book about her 1998 election campaign. Kingston speaks to Guardian Australia political editor, Tom McIlroy, about why she thinks Hanson’s incendiary speech is the beginning of her federal campaign
Has Pauline Hanson’s federal campaign just begun? - podcast
Longtime journalist Margo Kingston speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy about why she thinks Hanson’s speech at the National Press Club this week is the beginning of the One Nation leader’s federal campaign
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