Fearing Immigration: The Australian Coalition and the Return of Bad Habits

Political advertisement in The Bulletin promoting the Coalition at the 1943 federal election – Public Domain

Killing political leaders – metaphorically and actually – often ushers in a silly season where the Mad Hatter presides over an imbecilic party.  Amidst coups, defections, dethronements and confusions on the right of Australia politics, we see ugly topics return to the fore with ghastly predictability.  The Liberals, the Nationals, and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party, are narrowing...