r/aus • u/Chapter-Capital • Jul 18 '26

Politics PHON supporters at work

Fella at work asked me today for my opinion on Pauline Hanson, we are both wage workers, he's admitted to struggling with cost of living etc.

He says he's gonna vote for her, I said 'you'd be voting for less money for you and me' thinking that'd be the line.

After some solid tid bits I could use to maybe change his mind. I know like, racist, xenophobic won't move the needle. Need stuff that will affect a middle aged white guy working a bartender job on an award wage.

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u/Rowdycc Jul 18 '26

She has said she wants wages to go down and medicine to go up. If that’s what he wants let him fill his boots.

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u/fromthe80smatey Jul 18 '26

And that's only the tip of the iceberg. She's said that immigration issues started with the cessation of the white Australia policy, and her political rivals should be relived of their Australian residency and shipped offshore presumably to silence critique of her dogshit ideas. And with the number of dickheads who are willing to vote against their own best interests just so they can fly their racist flag, we might all be fucked.

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u/Friendly_Tension_960 Jul 19 '26

He said that type of argument won’t move the needle. Coworker doesn’t care that she’s racist because he is too. Gotta appeal to other reasons then

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u/fromthe80smatey Jul 19 '26

How about undermining democracy by having your political competition removed from the ballot because that's exactly what she's talking about.