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Labor MPs have been handed new talking points – revealing a growing concern about One Nation 11 June 2026 at 16:00

Labor MPs have been handed new talking points – revealing a growing concern about One Nation

11 June 2026 at 16:00

Labor and its trade union allies have shifted the focus of their rhetorical attacks, targeting Pauline Hanson as if she is the real opposition leader

It was mid-January when Anthony Albanese publicly admitted his “worry” about the rise of One Nation.

The prime minister’s concern was not the political risk to himself or to Labor but rather the threat Pauline Hanson posed to the stability of Australia’s two-party system.

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We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government 11 June 2026 at 08:56

We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government

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By: Sarah Basford Canales · Dan Jervis-Bardy · Benita Kolovos and Caitlin Cassidy

11 June 2026 at 08:56

Coalition also criticises swift timeline for proposed NDIS changes with Melissa McIntosh saying ‘we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end’

State and territory disability ministers have rung alarm bells over the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS, warning they can’t deliver “like-for-like services” for more than 200,000 participants expected to be shifted off the scheme by 2031.

The opposition, which strongly supports making the scheme more financially sustainable, has also criticised the swift timeline for proposed changes, with shadow NDIS minister, Melissa McIntosh, saying “we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end”.

Tony Abbott backs One Nation preference deal and says Liberals can’t just be a ‘little less woke than Labor’

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By: Dan Jervis-Bardy

9 June 2026 at 06:49

Liberals and Nationals grappling with surging support for Pauline Hanson’s party, which threatens to replace them as Australia’s main conservative party

The new Liberal president, Tony Abbott, has backed preference deals with One Nation as he declared the party wouldn’t win the next election by being “slaves to focus groups” and just a “little less woke than Labor”.

The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, all but confirmed he was open to such deals with Pauline Hanson, declaring the party was prepared to cooperate with “whoever we can to get rid of this rotten Labor government”.

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