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Hanson makes the political quote of 2016
Pauline Hanson's big idea is that Australia is under relentless attack from minorities that swamp us without assimilating.
Waleed Aly is co-host of Ten's The Project and is a lecturer in politics at Monash University. He writes fortnightly for Fairfax.
Pauline Hanson's big idea is that Australia is under relentless attack from minorities that swamp us without assimilating.
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