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Yesterday

The reputational damage from repeated ASX failures reflects not just on it but also on Australia Inc.

Competition no cure-all for ASX failures

Readers’ letters on building ASX resilience, the crypto reckoning, war atrocities, the rise of renewables and Victoria’s hit-and-miss projects.

This Month

30 November 2025. Leader of the One Nation Party and Federal MP Pauline Hanson leaves the crowd, surrounded by security at the Put Australia First rally in the Flagstaff Gardens. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

One in four male Gen Xers now support One Nation

Males over 50 and under financial stress are the new political “anti-heroes”, says a new jumbo poll looking at the rising support of Pauline Hanson’s party. 

November

Senator Pauline Hanson wears a burqa in the Senate.

We’re not about to go full Trump no matter what the culture warriors say

Strains on social cohesion cannot be dismissed as the embrace of multiculturalism has made the task of defining what holds the community together more challenging.

Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby says goodbye to Nationals as he steers towards One Nation

Seething former colleagues of Barnaby Joyce have accused the maverick MP of breaking a contract with his community after he walked out on the party he once led.

Joyce can’t claim credit for dumping net zero, says Canavan

The Nationals senator has accused Barnaby Joyce of hypocrisy and self-interest, ahead of his expected defection from the party. Few Nationals want him to stay.

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Inflation ticks up; ‘Significant’ Optus outage; The Big AI Short?

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Hanson was back to her old tricks this week when she decided to actually show up to parliament.

The ‘i’ word Pauline Hanson fears more than immigration

No matter the short-term poll impact of her latest bout of juvenile theatrics, it’s unlikely that One Nation will be able to replicate the success of Reform UK.

Pauline Hanson sits with her One Nation colleagues during a vote in the Senate.

Joyce defends Hanson’s burqa stunt as One Nation defection plan firms

Barnaby Joyce has ignored pleas to reconsider his potential One Nation defection and says he’ll make his decision at the end of this week.

Senator Pauline Hanson wears a burqa in the Senate.

Hanson’s burqa antics dodge hard questions on multiculturalism

We should be having a mature discussion about secular governance and religious diversity, but discourse has only become more heated, polarised and superficial.

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DroneShield soars; Bendigo Bank’s ‘risk’; Goldman’s ASX bargains

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While disagreeing with her views, Senator David Pocock understood Pauline Hanson’s frustration.

‘She felt shut down’: lessons to learn from Hanson suspension, Pocock says

Independent Senator David Pocock backed the move to suspend Hanson but suggested Senate conventions should have been followed when she initially presented her bill; Russia strikes Kyiv in early morning drone attack. Follow live.

Anglo-Australian drift. Steve Smith, left, and Marnus Labuschagne leave the field after winning their first Ashes cricket test match against England in Perth.

Not just the Ashes: Why Australia and the UK are drifting apart

Even the cricket showdown, which runs until January, will expose the divergence of the two countries. And it’s not just the tactical contrast on the field.

Westpac CEO Anthony Miller said 89 per cent of all the money that Westpac lends to power generation in Australia goes to renewables.

We can hit net zero goals, says Westpac CEO Miller

WATCH LIVE: Westpac CEO Anthony Miller told an economic committee that net zero is a “nation building” exercise; Earlier, CBA’s Matt Comyn backed a migration rate of 180,000 a year. Follow live.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s failure to halt the relentless flow of illegal boats crossing the English Channel has contributed to his crumbling popularity, while simultaneously fuelling the rise of Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist Reform UK.

Australia’s immigration debate is not immune to populism

The key to a successful immigration program is broad-based community support that prevents the issue from becoming a political lightning rod.

Working holidaymakers take up casual jobs that Australians have been more reluctant to fill, particularly in regional areas.

The fight over immigration is just hotting up

It’s a divisive issue in Australia, as it is elsewhere, and the Liberals are determined not to let Pauline Hanson lead the charge.

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Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley.

Trying to out-Pauline Pauline risks becoming a fool’s errand

On climate and now immigration, the Liberal Party is chasing One Nation more than Labor. New poll numbers suggest that approach isn’t working as planned.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

One Nation seen as party best suited to handle immigration: poll

While cost of living remains the most important issue for voters, they believe One Nation is the party best suited to deal with immigration policy.

Catastrophic new polling for Sussan Ley and the coalition.

‘Lowest since Federation’: Dire poll for Liberals and Ley as One Nation surges

Voters are more disillusioned than ever with the Coalition after a week of infighting over climate policy, and as support for One Nation hits a new high.

By destroying the Liberals, the Nats become a party of protest

Sussan Ley is at risk of joining Alexander Downer and Brendan Nelson as one of the Liberal Party’s short-lived leaders. She’s tough, but it’s hard to fight numbers.

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