Michelle Pini

Poster person for prejudice, Pauline Hanson’s "monoculture" comments have inspired Greek-Australian managing editor Michelle Pini to recall a time when Australia was still grappling with rapid multicultural change. WHILE she hasn't elaborated on her meaning, recent claims by Pauline Hanson that we should maintain Australia’s so-called "monoculture" presumably hark back to a time when multiculturalism was still evolving.

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Opposition Leader Angus Taylor would seek to jump on the orange bandwagon by cosying up to One Nation, and emulating Trump, since the PHONies’ recent surge in popularity and the Libs’ ever-plunging support. It is surprising, however, given former Liberal Leader Peter Dutton’s Trumpian ways led to his devastating election loss when the Liberal Party he led at the time was throttled and he was unceremoniously evicted from his seat.

Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the absurdity of David McBride's continued imprisonment, even though documents he leaked triggered Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest for alleged war crimes. As each new day brings ever more distressing news, it’s difficult not to think about Hitler’s Nazi Germany and the lessons that the world appears not to have heeded.