Wayne Swan likens Hanson to Trump and says Labor must stop One Nation’s ‘dark, dystopic picture of the future’

Published June 26, 2026 · Category: News

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Australian Labor party president says authoritarian trends must not be ‘normalised’ in Australia

Labor must not allow increasingly authoritarian trends in Australian politics to become “normalised”, ALP president Wayne Swan has warned, likening Pauline Hanson’s attacks on multiculturalism and journalists to Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of American civic life.

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“A toxic seed blooms into a garden of noxious weeds when we stop gardening,” the former treasurer said on Friday.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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