This week, Pauline Hanson took to the National Press Club stage with a greatest hits collection of the grievances that have fueled her political career.

Immigration. Multiculturalism. Trans rights. Indigenous Australians. The “political elite”. The changing face of the country.

The backlash from the government, sections of the community and commentariat was immediate.

But that may no longer be enough. For years, Hanson has survived controversies that would have ended most political careers. And as One Nation support grows, one thing is becoming more evident: we are now entering a political era where outrage carries no penalty. Where the shock of what politicians say matters less than the anger they channel.

Today, columnist Sean Kelly on Hanson’s resurgence, the opportunities it creates for politicians of every persuasion, and what becomes possible when voters decide the old political order is broken.

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Guest: Former Labor advisor and The Age & SMH columnist, Sean Kelly

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This week, Pauline Hanson called for multiculturalism to be replaced with monoculturalism.

At the same time, the Soccerros were capturing the hearts and minds of Australians everywhere on the biggest stage of all, the World Cup.

It’s a team filled with players from multiple cultural backgrounds and one, that if Hanson’s vision of the nation came to bear, simply wouldn’t exist.

Today, former Soccerroo and refugee advocate, Craig Foster. On the team that’s quietly challenging one of the most divisive debates in the country, simply by taking the field.

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Guest: Former Socceroo and refugee advocate, Craig Foster

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Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological disorder in the world.

And in some Australian farming communities, doctors are questioning why so many seem to be getting it.

For years, some farmers and doctors have drawn a link to paraquat – a powerful weedkiller still used widely on Australian farms, despite being banned in more than 60 countries, including the UK, China and Brazil.

This month, Australia’s chemical regulator is expected to decide whether paraquat can keep being used here – after a review that’s been going on since 1997.

Professor Wesley Thevathasan is one of about 50 neurologists who made submissions to that review, calling for paraquat to be banned. But he says the regulator has ignored them – as well as some of the strongest evidence linking exposure to the chemical to Parkinson’s.

Today, Associate Professor Wesley Thevathasan, on the farmers who fear paraquat made them sick, and whether Australia’s regulator is listening.

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Guest: Parkinson’s disease specialist, Associate Professor Wesley Thevathasan

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