Australian Open 2020

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In fact, "Australians" didn't elect Pauline Hanson.  Taking the 2016 election as an example, 4.3% of voters voted for One Nation and it is our voting system that enabled Hanson and others to secure Senate seats - no One Nation candidate has ever been elected to the House of Representatives.

It would be more accurate to state that it is reasonable to assume that many of the 4.3% of voters who voted for One Nation are racist.  Of course, that doesn't mean that some of those voters who voted for other parties aren't racist too.  However, that doesn't mean that Australia is a racist country even if many of our citizens struggle to come to terms that our nation is founded on attempted genocide. 

I would say that we, as a country, are no more racist than most other countries, and probably less racist than many.

Xenophobia seems to be part of the human condition and it's great that many Australians have embraced multiculturalism and and are more willing to accept diversity.

Firstly, I'm not a Hanson booster or critic, I try to stay away from offering an opinion and just look at the numbers. But on Hanson's election it appears it could be even worse than a minority racists getting a say DJC, and somewhat ironic.

At first the following seems bogus, fake news, but apparently it's a real effect and I'm not sure where to go to verify the data.

Preliminary analysis of polling after Hanson's re-election showed in some marginal electorates her party experienced disproportionate support from recent immigrants and the indigenous. Which of course we all understand given Hanson's public statements and policies and how Hanson is lambasted in the media but various segments! :o

Why, apparently the voters want tougher immigration laws! I understand the Indigenous support for this, but from immigrants? It seems the polling which covered primarily European expatriates who had have moved to Australia, showed they came here to get away from the political and religious trouble, and they don't want it following them!

But isn't the act of voting that way fulfilling that fear?

Rinse and repeat!