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Nearly thirty years on, Hanson's infamous maiden speech — warning that Australia was "being swamped by Asians" — still echoes through Australian political life.
But who was Pauline Hanson before she became a phenomenon, and what did she actually represent?
Was she a cause of a new kind of politics, or a symptom of one already forming?
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(click here for Spotify or Apple.)
Nearly thirty years on, Hanson's infamous maiden speech — warning that Australia was "being swamped by Asians" — still echoes through Australian political life.
But who was Pauline Hanson before she became a phenomenon, and what did she actually represent?
Was she a cause of a new kind of politics, or a symptom of one already forming?

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