Pauline Hanson’s poison is rewarded with airtime and rising support. But fearmongers must be called out | Julianne Schultz

For years the radical right has been pushing the limits of acceptable language. Now, as the One Nation leader proves, hateful, demonstrably wrong things can be said without qualification

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There is hate speech and then there is hate speech. It depends a lot on who does the speaking.

Chanting “from the river to the sea” with a crowd could lead to criminal charges in Queensland, while down the road Pauline Hanson can say there are “no good Muslims” and be rewarded with headlines, airtime and rising support.

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