<description>&lt;h2&gt;Listen to the full series by searching and following 'The Making of One Nation' &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(click here for &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0BbcNrSvHlEZRAAfAsLyN5?si=12e627340f66419a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-making-of-one-nation/id1617557824" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nearly thirty years on, Hanson's infamous maiden speech — warning that Australia was "being swamped by Asians" — still echoes through Australian political life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But who was Pauline Hanson before she became a phenomenon, and what did she actually represent?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Was she a cause of a new kind of politics, or a symptom of one already forming?&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Conversation Documentaries

The Conversation

The Making of One Nation: enter the outsider

APR 1, 202625 MIN
The Conversation Documentaries

The Making of One Nation: enter the outsider

APR 1, 202625 MIN

Description

Listen to the full series by searching and following 'The Making of One Nation' (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?