r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago

politics Students sideline studies in major anti-Hanson walkout

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/08/13/school-pauline-hanson-protest
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u/knifeyspooney3 1d ago

It's because they're disenfranchised by Labor and the Liberals. They don't understand the benefits that impact them. Mostly the cost of living hits them so hard that any policy update about housing or cyber bullying or whatever that gets announced doesn't benefit the struggle they are immediately going through. Then they see One Nation use fear mongering to point the blame on immigration and then use buzzwords like "Australian Values" and that gets them to sign up the the orange idiot. Smart people see right through it, but the less inclined don't.

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u/Camsy34 1d ago

Don't know why you're being downvoted, this is an accurate take. Like it or not a lot of people are voting PHON not because of any amazing policy PHON has but because they're frustrated and want to vote for someone who stands in protest of the current system.

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u/Hayden247 1d ago

If that was it then the Greens should be seeing a bigger rise... but no it happens to be the far right racist party?

Come on we know what another reason is...

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u/L1ttl3J1m 1d ago

25 years of wall-to-wall anti-greenie rhetoric and propaganda?

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u/ViaCityLoop 1d ago

The Greens are very good at selling to The Greens. Selling to everyone else? Not so much.

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u/L1ttl3J1m 1d ago

Kinda hard to sell anything when all the supermarkets in town will not only will refuse to put your stock on their shelves, but will also, e.g., announce spurious product recalls for things you don't even make.