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I don’t think I could manage to listen to her speak for over 8 minutes, so here’s a tldw:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/…/106808570

PM Pauline’s wishlist:

End multiculturism.
End the SBS.
End free ABC in cities - only regional areas get ABC.
End access to media she dislikes from the Canberra Press room.
End all immigration (from non-white places).
End families speaking languages other than English at home.
Reduce employee rights. Reduce minimum wage.
End Trans rights.
Scrap National Indigenous Australians Agency.
Reduce abortion access.

That looks like a pretty solid ‘go after the white boomer vote’ checklist to me. I saw her last year, in person she looks oooold. That trademark hair is all fake these days, she’s in her 70’s now. Fairly standard boomer look. Going for the boomer vote is a strategy has been failing the Liberal party of late, there just aren’t enough boomers any more. But if she wins them then yeah - she might get a third of the vote.

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No1@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Agree. And you would think it should be a declining base, because boomers old and dying out.

I’m more than a little scared there might be some younger generations that have drank some kool aid from online. And it may include migrants. It seems crazy to me, but I have seen theories floating around that say once migrants have got citizenship/permanent residence in a country, they become anti-immigration.

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- trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yep I knew a while old guy not born in Australia, and living here for 40 years or something, saying to me that they should stop immigration.
  
  This was on my first month living here and he knew it. But well I’m white and he said I was ok to be here, implying it’s only certain places that are supposed to not migrate.
  
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- hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Not just a theory. There are multiple studies in multiple countries confirming it. It’s an odd quirk of humanity. Everyone thinks they are the exception. It became pretty clear during covid.
  
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- tomiant@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I’m politically active and I meet a lot of inmigrants that espouse political beliefs like, bro, you’re aware that they’ll deport you right?
  
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What a piece of shit

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SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Can we send these people back to the life they advocate for. Like a cave, in the mountains. Never having to meet more that 20 people. And scraping an “trad” lifestyle and praying to the sky god to keep the leopards away.

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