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Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club Address Draws Record Crowd, Interrupted by Security Breach
By Michael Keating | Inside Canberra A packed National Press Club audience witnessed one of the most dramatic addresses in recent memory on Wednesday, as One Nation leader Pauline Hanson delivered her first formal Leaders Address to the National Press Club before a capacity crowd that insiders described as one of the largest attended events in the…
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Andrew Leigh Defends Open Markets as Global Forces Challenges Economic Reform
SYDNEY, 16 June 2026 — Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, Andrew Leigh, has delivered a robust defence of open markets and competition reform, arguing that Australia must strengthen competition laws if it wants to maintain public faith in capitalism and economic openness. Speaking at the Ashurst Competition and Consumer Law Panel in Sydney,…
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One Nation’s $3.8 Million Question: Is the Party Finally Breaking Through in Australia’s Cities?
By Michael Keating | Inside Canberra CANBERRA, Sunday — Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is now less than $106,000 away from its latest fundraising target after the party’s “Fire the Liar” campaign reached $3,794,129 from 61,829 Australians as of Sunday morning. The figure cements the campaign as one of the largest grassroots political fundraising efforts seen in modern Australian…