“It is getting harder for people to distance themselves from right-wing extremism,” she said. “When it is their neighbors, people they work with.”

Closest thing that I've come across to my own reality of politics in Australia. The US-based non-profit Global Project Against Hate and Extremism mentioned here labelled Pauline Hanson's One Nation as a Hate Group (link in reply)

Frighteningly relateable. #AusPol #extremeism #HateGroups #Antifa #Australia

https://www.codastory.com/polarization/the-identitarians-are-back-how-a-discredited-worldview-dominates-the-global-agenda/

The Identitarians are back: How a discredited worldview dominates the global agenda - Coda Story

In 2019, Germany formally classified a nativist movement as extremist. In 2026, the movement’s ideals are standard mainstream politics.

Coda Story

"Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party has been listed as one of 20 established and emerging hate groups in Australia by a global extremism think tank, for its track record on anti-multiculturalism, white nationalism, and COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
... Far-right extremist movements, like those listed in the report, inspire terrorism, mass killings, and rights-restricting policies around the world, and they’re increasingly interconnected."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pauline-hansons-one-nation-has-been-declared-a-hate-group/
#Australia #AusPol #OneNation

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Has Been Declared a Hate Group

“Community safety and democracies are at risk. It’s critical that people, locally and globally, understand the far-right extremist landscape.”

VICE
fyi @coolandnormal thx for posting the article!