Pauline Hanson's One Nation
One Nation is a pretty small right-wing party (polling at around 4%), they're probably most famous because of some of the stunts they've pulled like Senator Pauline Hanson wearing a burqa into Parliament or presenting a motion that simply said "It's ok to be white" (which the senate rejected btw). One Nation was formed in the 1990s by Pauline Hanson and achieved basically overnight success winning 8% in the 1998 federal election and 22% in the Queensland state election, however there success was short lived and by the early 2000s they were basically destroyed because of internal infighting.

However, by 2016 Pauline Hanson had regained leadership in the party which up until that point was basically dead, and lead it into the 2016 federal election winning 4% and 4 seats, in 2019 they received 5% but only 2 seats. One Nation is a mediocre right-wing party, they're boomer holdovers from the 1990s who have completely failed to adapt to the modern political situation, there's a reason why we don't have a right-wing party currently polling at 25% threating the establishment like in many European countries, and that reason is Pauline Hanson. One Nation might win seats here and there but they'll likely fail to achieve any greater success until they get better optics, actually learn how to organize protests and throw out Pauline for someone younger, more tech-savvy and far, far more charismatic. In short, One Nation is like the Liberal party of 1990 and comparing 1998 and 2020 One Nation you can see a very obvious shift to the left in One Nation, even if it is minor compared to the Liberals or Labor.

tl;dr, Australia has no real right-wing opposition and the country is dominated by liberals and progressives.

“Many during the fake marriage debate predicted this would happen, but these predictions were met with jeers and scoffing from the “yes” side.”

It’s your XYZ.

#LoveIsLove #LGBTIrights #auspol #aupol #ausfam

https://www.xyz.net.au/lgpt-activists-openly-call-for-violence-against-christians/

🇦🇺More than 260 Australians evacuated from Wuhan and placed in quarantine for 14 days have been released from a facility in Howard Springs near Darwin, according to the ABC.

Buses collected the evacuees on Sunday morning and took them to Darwin's airport for their respective flights home.

The 164 Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship remain in quarantine at the facility.

So far, 7 Australian passengers from that ship have tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of infected up to 22.

🇦🇺First death in Australia from Coronavirus

An elderly Perth man who spent time on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship has become the first Australian to die from Coronavirus.

The 78-year-old was being treated in isolation at the intensive care unit of Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital but died earlier today.

🇦🇺Coronavirus update:

So far there have been 34 cases in Australia, 21 of whom have recovered. Yesterday we had the first confirmed case of the disease being transmitted to two Australians who hadn't been to an infected country recently.

Number of infected by state:
10 in Queensland, 9 in New South Wales, 9 in Victoria, 3 in South

It would be such a shame if this video went viral on twitter today.

RETWEET: https://twitter.com/ozraeliavi/status/1234606585294360576?s=21

🇦🇺Coronavirus panic-buying resulting in shortages of toilet paper in Australia

"Such shortages are not currently imminent threats. Still, that hasn't stopped people hoarding, with things getting particularly weird Down Under. To the confusion of all, Australians have focused on one particular product: the humble toilet roll."

Funnily enough when I went to the shops 3 hours ago there was no toilet paper or milk. There was a a heap of bread, fruit and meat, but apparently most people seem to think toilet paper and milk are more important (Coronavirus isn't even in my town yet)

https://mashable.com/article/australia-coronavirus-toilet-paper-panic-buying/

🇦🇺Coronavirus update: another person dies, 75+ people infected.

Today, a 82 year old man died of Coronavirus, raising Australia's death count from 2 to 3. The total number of infected has risen to about 75 (some sources say 80), it was only at 29 one week ago.

🇦🇺Coronavirus update summary:

-91 people infected*, up by 11.
-3 dead
-22 recovered
-47 cases in New South Wales(+7), 15 in Victoria(+3) and Queensland(no change since yesterday), 7 in South Australia (no change), 5 in Western Australia(+1) and 2 in Tasmania (no change).
-2 schools in Sydney have closed down due to students getting infected.

* The media here have been releasing contradictory information regarding the amount of infected, so I'd like to say in advance that these numbers might be slightly inaccurate.

When you hear about “Australians” freaking out about coronavirus and fighting over toilet paper, these are the people actually doing it.

^ Import the third world, become the third world.

🇦🇺Coronavirus summary for the last 24 hours:

-200 people infected, up by roughly 110 since my last update on the 9th.
-3 dead
-27 recoveries, up by 5 since the 9th.
-Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has been infected, it's likely that other MPs and ministers are infected as well.

🇦🇺20/03/20 Coronavirus update

-780+ cases, up from 200 on the 14th
-7 dead, up from 3 on the 14th
-40+ recoveries, up from 27
-381 in New South Wales, 150 in Victoria, 144 in Queensland, 52 in Western Australia, 42 in South Australia, 10 in Tasmania, 4 in the Australian Capital Territory, 1 in the Northern Territory