00:04Small business owners are feeling the heat, like many South Australians ahead of this month's state election.
00:11Energy bills keep growing.
00:13Some of them have been pledging support to One Nation in protest.
00:18It's not just people are disappointed in the Liberal Party, people are also angry at what the Labor Party's done.
00:24Adelaide Pizzeria owner Rocco DeAngelis is running for One Nation in the seat of Colton.
00:30He says he hasn't always been a One Nation supporter, but says his decision was partly influenced by the response
00:36to the voice referendum and last year's Bondi massacre.
00:40The housing crisis is also a motivation.
00:43He and his wife fear the chance of their children owning their own home is quickly evaporating.
00:49800,000, a million, a million.
00:51Impossible.
00:51They worry that could threaten their family values.
00:55I don't want them to, because they can't afford to live here, to have to move goodness knows where.
01:02So you've got another was creation.
01:04Helping Rocco DeAngelis out with his campaign is university student and One Nation volunteer Angus Organ.
01:09He says his frustrations with the major parties date back to the COVID-19 pandemic when his parents and brother
01:16all lost their jobs.
01:17My family's opinion and my opinion from that time is that they handled the Australian public very harshly and we
01:24haven't received many apologies from those politicians at all.
01:27Rocco DeAngelis and Angus Organ's experiences are reflective of many Australians who may be turning to One Nation for the
01:33first time this election.
01:34Political analysts say One Nation's strength is its perceived authenticity and while it's unlikely to detract from Labor support, it
01:43could split the Liberal vote.
01:44One Nation are in second place. Whether that actually bears out on the day, who knows, but either way I
01:50think we're going to see One Nation very close to the same primary vote as the Liberal Party.
01:55According to political analyst Josh Sundman, the high cost of living and housing crisis are issues that have brought new
02:02life into Pauline Hanson's 30-year anti-immigration stance.
02:06What One Nation is doing is offering very simplistic solutions to those problems, scapegoating migrants.
02:13The party hasn't shied away from highly controversial views.
02:16South Australian leader Corey Bernardi backed Pauline Hanson's recent comments that there are no good Muslims and stood by his
02:22own past statements linking gay marriage to bestiality.
02:25What's happening in South Australia isn't unique. Analysts point to global trends where frustration with mainstream politics is fuelling populist
02:33movements.
02:34From the rise of Donald Trump in the US to Georgia Maloney in Italy.
02:38With the South Australian election just days away, it will be the first test to see whether One Nation's rise
02:42in popularity will have an impact at the ballot box.
Comments