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- noun the
political policies of Pauline Hanson, leader of theAustralian One Nation Party
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Examples
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The view was equipped with the rightward drift in Australian political culture during the period of Hansonism.
UNITE against RACISM 2007
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We have seen a similarly xenophobic agenda in Australia under Hansonism.
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In part the genesis of this branch lies in the concern that the Government had for the impact of Hansonism on our international image in the late 1990s.
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They were the least affected by Hansonism, and the most willing to embrace reform in the 1990s.
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This kind of blithe dismissal of anxiety helped feed the emergence of Hansonism during the 1990s, and paved the way for the left-liberal capitulation to Howard over the last decade.
newmatilda.com - Comments hbwilson63 2009
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Proponents of this point of view would argue that Hansonism was a short-lived phenomenon and that there has been no repeat of Cronulla.
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In the book, Mr Costello criticised the Howard government's handling of reconciliation, the republic and the rise of Hansonism, News Limited said.
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After being elected in 1996, Howard watched carefully the rise of Hansonism and wondered how he could capitalise on the Pauline Hanson factor - which proved powerful enough for One Nation to at one stage capture around 25 per cent of the vote in a Queensland State election.
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