00:02At the SA state election in March, nearly one in four South Australians voted for Pauline
00:07Hanson's One Nation.
00:10Then, earlier this month, in the New South Wales seat of Farrar, previously a coalition
00:15stronghold, One Nation claimed its first ever federal lower house seat.
00:24Political analysts say the results come amid a structural shift, away from the two major
00:29political parties.
00:33It's definitely my view, already collapsed, we are now in a multi-party system.
00:38Cos Samaras is a former Labor election campaigner who now runs a polling firm.
00:43He says data shows people are deserting Labor and Liberal, particularly when people are struggling
00:49financially.
00:5042% of Gen X's are likely to be voting for One Nation.
00:54The flip side to that is 42% of Gen Z, that is Australians between the ages of 18 and
01:0028,
01:01are likely to be voting for the Greens.
01:04George Alexander Mamalas is a podcaster and a social media influencer, as well as SA state
01:11coordinator for Charlie Kirk's right wing movement, Turning Point.
01:15If I said I was a One Nation vote ten years ago, that would be game over, in terms of
01:19my social viability.
01:21Mr Mamalas' One Nation is focusing on issues such as migration, following the success of Reform
01:27UK overseas.
01:29Australia isn't ready, the infrastructure isn't ready, so they'll start businesses and they'll
01:34work for cheaper, they'll work harder than anyone else will.
01:36While the Greens concede that One Nation is tapping into voter anger, it describes the
01:41party's stance on migration as political snake oil.
01:44I hate to see migrants being demonised and vilified and scapegoated, and that's what we've been
01:51seeing from One Nation.
01:52All eyes will turn to Victoria next, to see what voters decide there later this year, with
01:59a hung parliament, a genuine possibility.
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