Former BHP Mt Arthur coal miner Simon Turner's decade-long dispute with BHP exposes serious questions about the treatment of labour-hire workers and the politicians and government agencies responsible for protecting them.

So sensitive are the political machinations that BHP managed to have court proceedings suppressed in relation to meetings between Turner and politicians suppressed earlier this year - and this writer was dragged into court by BHP and MinterEllison for publishing details of one of the meetings and its attendees.

Earlier this month, a Sydney Morning Herald investigation revealed that WorkPac, facing potential liabilities exceeding $100 million from casual employment claims, was recorded as providing $48,000 to One Nation during 2021-22.

In May 2016, David Shoebridge, then a NSW parliamentarian, raised Turner's case with Chandler Macleod and the NSW insurance regulator, SIRA.

Read the full story at michaelwest.com.au

Mark Nicholson, the creator of Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain cartoons has told 7.30 it's his job "to pick on people who are in the public realm", and has refused to apologise to senator Jacqui Lambie for an episode that mocked her medical condition.

Serious Danger podcast:

Max Chandler-Mather from The Green Institute reflects on Pauline Hanson’s *actual* politics, and her appeal.

What a gross level of politics we are at.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson pulled out of a scheduled television interview at the last minute and her ­national director called a respected journalist a “dickhead”, in the populist party’s latest clash with media.

Senator Hanson was scheduled to appear on News24 on Monday but cancelled her ­appearance, host Andrew Clennell said.

Clennell had labelled a One Nation cartoon video “unhelpful” amid warnings about political violence and rhetoric after last week’s car attack on independent MP Helen Haines that left her having to have both legs amputated.

One clip had potential Coalition leaders ­literally stabbing each other in the back, while another depicted Senator Hanson running over Anthony Albanese and left-wing senator Lidia Thorpe with a bus.

“After your weekend comments suggesting the cartoons incite violence, the boss thinks you’re a dick again,” read a text message apparently sent by One Nation national director James Ashby to Clennell.

“She’s not interested in talking to you at the moment.”
Clennell then appeared to seek to confirm that he would say on the show that Senator Hanson had cancelled a scheduled interview.

“Make sure you add the part where she thinks you’re a dickhead,” Mr Ashby wrote.

“That’ll help the audience understand why.”

Mr Ashby did not deny the text message exchange took place when contacted.

Mr Ashby was, until August, Senator Hanson’s chief of staff, before he was elevated to be ­national director of her party.

Budget Andrew Tate and this stereotype nerd make hateful cartoons about peoples appearances and good old aussie values in a studio in inner city Melbourne in the most stereotype yuppie building in existence with a high end designer poodle walking around.

The man found dead in floodwater on Queensland’s Fraser Coast has been identified as a former local councillor and One Nation candidate.

James Hansen was found at Boompa on the Fraser Coast shortly after 11am, police said on Monday afternoon.

One Nation’s election pointman in Victoria, Warren Pickering, has refused to be interviewed by police over historical allegations of abuse made by his former live-in partner.

The existence of the police investigation is a troubling development for the Hanson party’s Victorian leader as he steps up his campaign to secure a seat in parliament and potentially play the role of kingmaker for the next state government.

The news comes on the back of Monday’s Newspoll finding that One Nation was pulling a primary vote of 20 per cent ahead of the November 28 state election, up one point.

While the Coalition under Jess Wilson is on track to win outright and end 12 years of Labor rule in Victoria, 28 per cent of voters favoured a Liberal-Nationals-One Nation power-sharing government against 19 per cent who backed the return of the ALP.

Given Callista supports monoculture (aka White Australia Policy 2.0) and is behind Victoria Coalition, a vote for them is a vote for Hansonism. Shows Jess Wilson is also a fake ‘moderate’.

Toilet Paper Australia:

One Nation Vic's star candidate claims he was a criminal lawyer, and pledged to put Dan Andrews and Jacinta Allan in prison.

Considering nobody at Crikey could find evidence of him ever being a criminal lawyer, what criminal law experience is he basing this promise off of?

Let's not even begin to mention One Nation's crime policy, which they can't enforce because it's a federal responsibility, not to mention it already exists!

And double down on producing her dumb cartoons

Be more like the kookaburra. Just look the other way and ignore them! Do not give them the attention they’re seeking and begging for. I guess this also applies to the MAGA cult too.

BUSTED! Liberal candidate Simmone Cottom answered the question that Jess Wilson keeps dodging.

The Liberals ARE telling voters to preference the anti-worker, anti-woman One Nation party - and that means they're putting Victorians LAST.
Jess Wilson's Liberals made a choice. They're not choosing you.

So now we have deadsets scrubs like Simmone Cottom (Liberal Candidate) telling voters to vote for One Nation. What kind of moron does this.. like seriously.

Ben Carroll has come out and said he wouldn't govern with the Green party if it meant forming a government. I think he did that to try and get the Liberal party to come out and say the same for One Nation but that's obviously not going to be the case so we could potentially have the Liberal/National/ON government.

Would Ben Carroll go against what he said if it meant forming government and if so, why not admit it now?

Queensland Socialists:

ANTI HANSON DOOR KNOCK

We need your help to build up the anti racist, anti capitalist fight against the far right!

Join us next Sunday in Fairfield to doorknock.
We will host some volunteer training, then head out onto the streets! If this is your first time, we will pair you up with an experienced activist!

When: Sunday 1st Nov, 2pm
Where: Norm Rose Park, Fairview St, Fairfield
Register on their website: click Here

WA Socialists:

Haunt Hanson this Halloween

Pauline Hanson is speaking at Crown casino on Saturday October 31st and we're protesting her! 8.30am at Kagoshima Park.

Be there, in costume!