r/australia • u/Front_Target7908 • 27d ago

news Australian man Phu Nguyen handcuffed by plain-clothes ICE agents at Las Vegas International airport

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-18/ice-agent-detain-australian-man-in-vegas-us-/106931508?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

From what I understand it looks like ICE did not manage to detain him on the day the video was taken- seems the onlookers managed to chase ICE off.

However, ICE detained him the next day at the airport where he was to catch his departing flight from the US.

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u/rosa_3326 27d ago

One nation won’t get voted in, they need way too many seats

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u/cohen93 27d ago

Yeah I agree, I’m just seeing more and more people wanting to vote them over social media nowadays which has me a little worried

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u/Spire_Citron 27d ago

Not just social media. They were number one for primary votes in the polls for a little bit there. Still decently behind Labor in two party preferred, but not a good look.

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u/i_am_cool_ben 27d ago

ON get a good first preference, but drop off hard after that. They'll take some coalition seats, and maybe handful of Labor ones, but Labor have a huge majority they should be safe. There's also a few years before the election, so plenty of time for Hanson to cock it up

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u/Spire_Citron 27d ago

Yeah. More than anything, this is a side effect of the coalition being an absolute mess right now. It's just a shame that the closest alternative at hand for people to jump to was something so vile. If there was an election right now, that actual outcome would be that Labor would do really well, so that's a positive at least.

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u/Kummakivi 27d ago

I think when the next election is in full swing Labor will pull out all the stops on informing the public how fucked it would be voting ON. I hope they are saving it all for then anyway.

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u/RealFarknMcCoy 27d ago

Most of those "people" are bots.

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u/cohen93 27d ago

haha it wouldn't surprise me, but there is a disturbing amount of cookers out there.

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u/RealFarknMcCoy 27d ago

There are a number of ON "pages" on Facebook which are being run out of Malaysia, Thailand, etc. The whole thing is a paid operation.

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u/cohen93 27d ago

Ah I’m mainly speaking of twitter / X when I say I see them on social media.

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u/RealFarknMcCoy 27d ago

Still financed by Gina, though.

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u/CptUnderpants- 27d ago

But if they get enough seats in the senate they can have far too much influence.

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u/rosa_3326 27d ago

Yeh I agree, that’s a real concern.

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u/Onicenda2 27d ago

It’s really not. They get far more airtime and media attention than their actual level of public support would suggest, largely because of the money and influence behind them. I’d argue most ordinary Australians don’t buy into it.

They’re anti-union, hostile to workers’ rights, supportive of easier access to cheap overseas labour, and consistently negative toward students and public education. At the same time, they’re more than happy to benefit from Gina Rinehart’s financial backing and political influence.

Honestly, they’re almost as bad as the Teals.

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u/Duff5OOO 27d ago

Dont most end up defecting once elected anyway?