Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club vision of a monoculture was criticised as anachronistic and unachievable. Australia, we are told, does not and will never have a single culture.Ironically, the prime minister is stuck in the past. In diagnosing One Nation’s rise as “it’s the economy, stupid”, he missed the moment – a rejection of a governing class whose cultural obsessions have become detached from the country it runs. It’s the culture, stupid.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles