Remember - you’re not voting for the party leader alone.
Hell, you’re not even voting for the party as a whole.
You’re voting for the party’s donors. In this case, it’s big tobacco who want their cut.
Submitted 12 hours ago by Vindoua@lemmy.world to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/hanson-one-nation-cut-tobacco-cigarette-tax/107048678
Remember - you’re not voting for the party leader alone.
Hell, you’re not even voting for the party as a whole.
You’re voting for the party’s donors. In this case, it’s big tobacco who want their cut.
Given the other fucked up things she would do to the country if she got any power, cheap darts will be the least of our problems. If she even does it, rather than promising to and then being told after the election that promise wasn’t actually funded and Gina doesn’t want it, so tough luck.
Ixoid@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
She knows her base are the sort of people who would lap this shit up, ignoring any long term effects in favour of libertarianism.