How Pauline Hanson could nearly triple One Nation’s seats

Liberal Party annus horribilis It continues to do its worst until the start of the festive season; Barely a week has gone by without a poll showing that primary voting has fallen to hitherto unimaginable depths.

His move to the right under Peter Dutton led to disaster in May, while tentative efforts to present a more moderate face under Sussan Ley appear to have triggered further exodus among the conservative base.

The beneficiary is One Nation, which, after nearly three decades of turmoil and division, remains the brand of choice for those disillusioned with two-party politics, hostile to multiculturalism, and skeptical (or worse) of climate science and other manifestations of expert opinion.