Episode

1 | The Making of One Nation: enter the outsider

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The Conversation Documentaries
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Apr 1, 2026
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1525
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Summary

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?