January 18, 2026 • 5 mins
Over in Australia, new polls indicate Pauline Hanson is gaining political momentum.
A recent Newspoll claims One Nation’s primary vote has risen seven points to 22 per cent over the past two months, raising questions from experts.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says Hanson's overtaken the Coalition on primary votes, according to new data.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Murrayol's in Australia for us. Murray, good afternoon and happy
New Year to you.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yeah, thanks very much and the same to you and listeners.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Now, what the emergency session of Parliament's going on? What's
happening there?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, today is the day for condolence motions from all
parts of the House. The Parliament recalled by Anthony Albanezi.
They come back two weeks early on Thursday. There's the
National Day of Remembrance, in which you know, flags will
be flown at half mast on government buildings around the
(00:32):
country and we're being asked to observe a minute silence
into perhaps a lighter candle in a window somewhere as
a market respect for those who die. I mean, it's
still struggling to get your head around what happened. It's
just a crazy thing to have happened in Australia. But
that's the reality we're dealing with, and that's the reality
Anthony albanezis dealing with. He's lost a lot of skin
(00:54):
on this, A lot of political skin has been gone
because it was dithering and is mucking about, and it's
the same for the opposition. We'll have a look at
some figures in the moment, but the nuts and bolts
of what's happening today and tomorrow, the condolence motions are
today in the main. Tomorrow the Government will present two
bits of legislation. One is expected to sail through that
(01:15):
concerns tighter gun controls concerns tighter licensing and registration of
those weapons, and tighter storage rules. The government wants to
get as many guns out of the community as possible.
Four million guns washing around Australia now and a lot
of them, of course can't be trace becers in the
hands of bloody criminals. The second bit of legislation is
(01:35):
more contentious. This is the government's anti hate speech legislation.
It's basically been nutted. The government wanted to have anti
semitism specifically mentioned. The Greens wouldn't budge on having Islamophobia
and homophobia in there as well without those two nasties
(01:57):
being also outlawed. The Greens would not budge. And the
opposition is just all over the place that you know,
they're howling about Parliament coming back early. When it was recalled.
They weren't happy about that. So look, it's a bit
of a it's a bit of a dog's breakfast. Suffice
to say that politics of this, at least at the
start of today, was not allowed to it in the
(02:18):
way of the genuine, the genuine remorse and the sorrow
that the entire Parliament felt.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Right, let's move to those numbers you were talking about,
because I find this fascinating. So you've got the Coalition,
You've got Pauline Hanson and one nation now outraging the coalition.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Extraordinary, isn't it. I mean, please, look, she's been around
for the best twenty five years. Pauline Hansen never ever
threatened to get any sort of level of power. She's
always been like a minority. But heavens above, are these
figures right? Well, it's in the Murdock papers. The Murdock
Papers have no time for the Labor government over here,
(02:53):
but one Nation's primary vote, according to the latest News poll,
up seven points twenty two percent, near enough to one
in four Australians will give it their primary vote, their
number one vote to Pauline Hanson. In one nation, the
Coalitions down three points to a record low of twenty
one percent. There's just one percent below below Hanson and
(03:15):
her crowd Labors down four points to thirty two percent,
So basically Labor thirty two one, Nation twenty two, Coalition
twenty one, the rest scattered around the place. The combined
primary vote fifty three percent for Labor and the Coalition
right is the lowest level for major parties ever since
(03:36):
news poll began. That's how this disenchanted voters over here
are with the major political parties. They look at them
both and say, you're hopeless, your bloody worthless, both of you.
Guess what Pauline Hansen for the Conservatives is offering a
realistic alternative? They know what she stands for. What on
earth does Labour stand for? What does the Coalition stand for? Anymore?
(03:58):
People have no idea.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, that was a similar thing happening in the UK,
isn't it? What it's happening everything? Really? Now, I want
to finish on this young boy. He's only twelve, critical
conditioned shark attack. He was jumping off a cliff.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yeah. Look, it's a very popular jump spot over there
on the edge of Sydney Harbor at Bore Clues in
Sydney's Eastern suburbs, ironically called Shark Park. It's called Shark
Park for a reason. Lots of bull sharks are there
and they think that's what got this little boy. Yesterday afternoon,
he and a bunch of friends were jumping off the
rock into the water, climbing out, jumping off again. This
(04:33):
young man at a twelve years old savage by a shark.
The water was very murky. We've had a lot of
rain here and the harbourside water a lot of runoff
from the streets and it was very murky. This young
man's friends jumped in, would you believe it, They jumped
in to pull him out. Emergency services very quickly on
(04:54):
the scene and police applied turner caves to the kid's
legs and they raced on their police boat across Rose
Bay to the wharf. There was a paramedic amb and
it was waiting there and they got him up to
the children's hospital very quickly. So he's critical. Only an
hour or so ago, maybe ninety minutes ago, not far
from me. Up at d Y on Sydney's Northern Beaches,
(05:15):
a young surfer had a giant, big chunk bitten out
of his board. He okay, thank goodness, the young man
wasn't hurt, but the board's a mess and they think
from the shape of the bite. It's another bull shark.
There's lots of sharks. Water is a lot cleaner now
than it's ever been, which means more bait fish, which
means more shark activity looking for a feed. And if
(05:36):
a young surfer gets in the way, a young fella
jumping off a rock, well that's tough luck, isn't it
just just dreadful?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
I'm very very said indeed, Murray. Let's hope he makes that.
Murray Old's Australia correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive,
listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Murrayol's in Australia for us. Murray, good afternoon and happy
New Year to you.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yeah, thanks very much and the same to you and listeners.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Now, what the emergency session of Parliament's going on? What's
happening there?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, today is the day for condolence motions from all
parts of the House. The Parliament recalled by Anthony Albanezi.
They come back two weeks early on Thursday. There's the
National Day of Remembrance, in which you know, flags will
be flown at half mast on government buildings around the
(00:32):
country and we're being asked to observe a minute silence
into perhaps a lighter candle in a window somewhere as
a market respect for those who die. I mean, it's
still struggling to get your head around what happened. It's
just a crazy thing to have happened in Australia. But
that's the reality we're dealing with, and that's the reality
Anthony albanezis dealing with. He's lost a lot of skin
(00:54):
on this, A lot of political skin has been gone
because it was dithering and is mucking about, and it's
the same for the opposition. We'll have a look at
some figures in the moment, but the nuts and bolts
of what's happening today and tomorrow, the condolence motions are
today in the main. Tomorrow the Government will present two
bits of legislation. One is expected to sail through that
(01:15):
concerns tighter gun controls concerns tighter licensing and registration of
those weapons, and tighter storage rules. The government wants to
get as many guns out of the community as possible.
Four million guns washing around Australia now and a lot
of them, of course can't be trace becers in the
hands of bloody criminals. The second bit of legislation is
(01:35):
more contentious. This is the government's anti hate speech legislation.
It's basically been nutted. The government wanted to have anti
semitism specifically mentioned. The Greens wouldn't budge on having Islamophobia
and homophobia in there as well without those two nasties
(01:57):
being also outlawed. The Greens would not budge. And the
opposition is just all over the place that you know,
they're howling about Parliament coming back early. When it was recalled.
They weren't happy about that. So look, it's a bit
of a it's a bit of a dog's breakfast. Suffice
to say that politics of this, at least at the
start of today, was not allowed to it in the
(02:18):
way of the genuine, the genuine remorse and the sorrow
that the entire Parliament felt.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Right, let's move to those numbers you were talking about,
because I find this fascinating. So you've got the Coalition,
You've got Pauline Hanson and one nation now outraging the coalition.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Extraordinary, isn't it. I mean, please, look, she's been around
for the best twenty five years. Pauline Hansen never ever
threatened to get any sort of level of power. She's
always been like a minority. But heavens above, are these
figures right? Well, it's in the Murdock papers. The Murdock
Papers have no time for the Labor government over here,
(02:53):
but one Nation's primary vote, according to the latest News poll,
up seven points twenty two percent, near enough to one
in four Australians will give it their primary vote, their
number one vote to Pauline Hanson. In one nation, the
Coalitions down three points to a record low of twenty
one percent. There's just one percent below below Hanson and
(03:15):
her crowd Labors down four points to thirty two percent,
So basically Labor thirty two one, Nation twenty two, Coalition
twenty one, the rest scattered around the place. The combined
primary vote fifty three percent for Labor and the Coalition
right is the lowest level for major parties ever since
(03:36):
news poll began. That's how this disenchanted voters over here
are with the major political parties. They look at them
both and say, you're hopeless, your bloody worthless, both of you.
Guess what Pauline Hansen for the Conservatives is offering a
realistic alternative? They know what she stands for. What on
earth does Labour stand for? What does the Coalition stand for? Anymore?
(03:58):
People have no idea.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, that was a similar thing happening in the UK,
isn't it? What it's happening everything? Really? Now, I want
to finish on this young boy. He's only twelve, critical
conditioned shark attack. He was jumping off a cliff.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yeah. Look, it's a very popular jump spot over there
on the edge of Sydney Harbor at Bore Clues in
Sydney's Eastern suburbs, ironically called Shark Park. It's called Shark
Park for a reason. Lots of bull sharks are there
and they think that's what got this little boy. Yesterday afternoon,
he and a bunch of friends were jumping off the
rock into the water, climbing out, jumping off again. This
(04:33):
young man at a twelve years old savage by a shark.
The water was very murky. We've had a lot of
rain here and the harbourside water a lot of runoff
from the streets and it was very murky. This young
man's friends jumped in, would you believe it, They jumped
in to pull him out. Emergency services very quickly on
(04:54):
the scene and police applied turner caves to the kid's
legs and they raced on their police boat across Rose
Bay to the wharf. There was a paramedic amb and
it was waiting there and they got him up to
the children's hospital very quickly. So he's critical. Only an
hour or so ago, maybe ninety minutes ago, not far
from me. Up at d Y on Sydney's Northern Beaches,
(05:15):
a young surfer had a giant, big chunk bitten out
of his board. He okay, thank goodness, the young man
wasn't hurt, but the board's a mess and they think
from the shape of the bite. It's another bull shark.
There's lots of sharks. Water is a lot cleaner now
than it's ever been, which means more bait fish, which
means more shark activity looking for a feed. And if
(05:36):
a young surfer gets in the way, a young fella
jumping off a rock, well that's tough luck, isn't it
just just dreadful?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
I'm very very said indeed, Murray. Let's hope he makes that.
Murray Old's Australia correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive,
listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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