Pauline Hanson’s decision to speak at the National Press Club this month shows the political landscape in Australia has changed. Has Hanson changed with it?

The 72-year-old Pauline Hanson, whose rise in the polls has sent shudders through Canberra, sat down for a wide-ranging interview with this masthead’s Inside Politics podcast.

Ordinary Australians would likely be surprised by the collection of right-wing forces, particularly online, barracking for Hanson.

Pauline Hanson joined chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal for this bonus episode of the Inside Politics podcast, recorded in Parliament House.

Pauline Hanson’s decision to speak at the National Press Club this month shows the political landscape in Australia has changed. Has Hanson changed with it?

For 30 years, the party was written off as a home for “cookers”. Now Pauline Hanson’s moment has come. But is she, and Australia, ready for what lies ahead?