Tony Abbott leads Liberal voters down One Nation path

Tony Abbott’s career journey from attack dog and persecutor of Pauline Hanson to the party’s leading grand enabler is now complete: he has become one of One Nation’s key legitimizers. In doing so, he effectively gave right-wing Liberal supporters a green light to distance themselves from his own party – perhaps permanently.

This was Abbott’s role in pursuing Hanson in the years after One Nation’s first foray into politics exploded spectacularly in Queensland. in public records – including his admit to lying about his role.