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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has its sights on western Sydney, but what do the voters think?

Can One Nation actually win in western Sydney?

It has a reputation as a political battleground and Pauline Hanson’s party is coming for it.

  • Mostafa Rachwani and Cindy Yin

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Jim Chalmers is expecting to raise more than $4.4 billion a year extra from taxing distributions from discretionary trusts.

Boldness is in the air

The major parties are on notice that voters are fed up with the status quo, and this week’s budget announcements suggest they are getting the message.

  • Jordan Baker
One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson and incoming Member for Farrer David Farley.

Pauline plays mother duck as she parades new recruit in Canberra

The One Nation leader was keen to project confidence. In a wobbly press conference, she ended up guarding her MPs from questions about rogue volunteers and false flag events.

  • Mike Foley and Natassia Chrysanthos
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson stood by Allan Beale, pictured here with him at the North Albury pre-polling centre

One Nation volunteer shared post defending police killer Dezi Freeman

Allan Beale, who clashed with Liberal senator James Paterson at a polling station during the Farrer campaign, also supported neo-Nazi figure Thomas Sewell in a series of social media posts.

  • Rob Harris and Brittany Busch
The treasurer delivers his speech.

Ahead of Jim Chalmers’ budget, the busiest place was a hotel bar

With so much already revealed in the budget, there was little need for lobbyists to head to Parliament House.

  • John Buckley
Pauline Hanson enters the One Nation election party at the Bended Elbow in Albury on Saturday night.

One Nation says it’s coming for more seats. These are the ones that could fall next

Thousands of voters on the Victorian side of the border share the same grievances that drove their NSW counterparts to abandon the Coalition. But it doesn’t end there.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos, Mike Foley and Shane Wright
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Pauline Hanson embraces a supporter at the One Nation HQ party in Albury.

‘Never, ever, ever’: Liberals kill One Nation coalition talk as Taylor tries to rally staff

Speculation has swirled that the Coalition and One Nation could join forces after Pauline Hanson’s party seized its first lower house victory at an election on Saturday.

  • Brittany Busch and Paul Sakkal
Pauline Hanson and David Farley took over Farrer and left the Liberals reeling.

Polling booth data from Farrer teaches many lessons. These are three of the biggest

The Coalition can be wiped out in its strongest booths. An urban-versus-rural divide still exists without major parties. And One Nation is making inroads everywhere.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Shane Wright
Pauline Hanson has capitalised on voter discontent, while Angus Taylor and the Coalition have many questions to answer.

How One Nation washed away the Coalition in Farrer and revealed a bigger force

While the main parties fought with each other, voter resentment was building. Pauline Hanson took notice, and in Farrer she was just getting started.

  • Rob Harris
One Nation’s David Farley with Father Peter Macleod-Miller at St Matthew’s Church in Albury the morning after winning the federal by-election in Farrer.

Senior clergyman lashes Hanson’s critics for treating her as ‘less than human’

Father Peter MacLeod-Miller, an influential Anglican figure, said: “In our rush to be inclusive, I think we’ve lost some of the distinctive Australian spirit.”

  • Rob Harris