Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor Get Beyond Slogans to Craft a Sound Immigration Policy?

Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?

This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage. Or, given One Nation’s surging polls, have we pushed the fast forward button, to when Hanson’s party joins the big league? The March 21 South Australian election, followed by the Farrer byelection for Sussan Ley’s seat, will provide clues. Hanson told Sky on Mond…

Will Angus Taylor look to his grandfather for guidance on immigration?

The new Liberal Party leader’s great role model, his grandfather William Hudson, brought tens of thousands of immigrants to a xenophobic White Australia.