Hold the PHON! One Nation is on the rise!

In an historically sgnificant move, One Nation is removing the founder's name from its branding.

The announced change in name from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation (PHON) to simply ‘One Nation’ is significant. Political parties that include the founder’s name come and go, but no active political party that includes the founder’s name has existed as long as the party formed by Pauline Hanson in 1997.

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say:

Michael de Percy is excited at the prospect of a new dawn for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, soon to be just One Nation. He sees the party’s opinion poll surge, and the prospect of Barnaby Joyce being part of a Hanson succession plan, as part of ON’s evolution from a minor to major party of the right. The sorry state of the Liberals certainly encourages such thinking, but those who want to see ON rise further should keep several things in mind. First, neither Hanson nor Joyce are an antipodean Nigel Farage. Second, opinion polls may have doubled ON’s primary vote since the May election, but they merely reflect disaffected Liberal and National voters parking their vote, more likely than not only temporarily. The polls are snapshots of what may be, not what will be. Third, if ON has realistic ambitions for greater things, much hard and detailed policy work needs to be done by ONs people to convince voters beyond its base that ON deserves the big time, let alone is ready for it. Hanson and her loyal team must prove themselves both capable and worthy of their poll surge to keep those parked voters until the one poll that counts. It’s easy to doubt they will, based on past performances: it’s up ON’s people to prove that supposition wrong.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Hold the PHON! One Nation is on the rise!

One Nation is unique in Australian political history Pauline Hanson is set to leave a legacy that may well endure.

The announced change in name from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation (PHON) to simply ‘One Nation’ is significant.

Political parties that include the founder’s name come… pic.twitter.com/QyL430Wqyo

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) October 27, 2025

Albo’s wall-to-wall press coverage wants us to ‘Back Australia’

They are basically saying Albo will Make Australia Great Again but with different words.

In the tradition of Australian political theatre, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his latest bid for relevance, the ‘Back Australia’ campaign.

Launched with nauseating levels of support from the mainstream media, the usual corporate titans have jumped on the government-funded bandwagon. Albo’s pitiful policy promises of a ‘new industrial era’ have been copied and pasted across Australia’s mastheads.

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy is quite right to point out that nauseating, wall-to-wall masthead propaganda that emerged last night. In unison, Australia’s largest media companies jointly released the Prime Minister’s ‘Back Australia’ program in combination with the most powerful companies in the country. No doubt the purpose is to quieten down Andrew Hastie. I don’t know about you, but this kind of organised cheer squad for a Labor policy feels like a betrayal by the press. The same press, I might add, which has today praised Albanese for putting Chinese manufacturing and trade ahead of Australia despite his plea to ordinary Aussies to ‘buy local’. Buy local from whom, Prime Minister? There’ll be no Australian companies left if you keep selling the furniture to China.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Albo’s wall-to-wall press coverage wants us to ‘Back Australia’.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his latest bid for relevance, the ‘Back Australia’ campaign. 🤔

Launched with nauseating levels of support from the mainstream media, the usual corporate titans have jumped on the government-funded bandwagon. Albo’s pitiful policy… pic.twitter.com/8YeD0Nb6mE

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) October 26, 2025

Dave Rubin comes to Sydney

People like Dave Rubin are bringing about the end of Woke, one cnversion at a time.

Last night I was fortunate enough to meet with Dave Rubin after his show in Chatswood. The event was hosted by the Centre for Independent Studies, MC'd by new CEO Michael Stutchbury, with Dave interviewed by former Deputy PM John Anderson.

Dave Rubin is an interesting character in the conservative movement. His journey proves that one does not necessarily fit the leftists' bill because of who they are and what they do.

Dave was very generous in spirit and I am pleased I was able to hear him speak about Charlie Kirk, Presidetn Trump, Australian politics, and all things political and cultural.