Recent federal polling suggests that right-wing party One Nation’s popularity continues to surge around Australia.

Guest host Nick Feik sits down with academic and author Mario Peucker to unpack the resurgence of the far-right here and around the world, the socioeconomic circumstances that have facilitated the rise of far-right politics throughout history, and what the popularity of One Nation reveals about Australia, as explored in his most recent book Democracy Strikes Back: Understanding and Countering the Rise of the Far-Right.

“I admit it is surprising to see [One Nation] polling numbers change so quickly, I’ve never seen anything like this before to be honest … but the underlying foundation and reasons that have led to that are not so surprising.”

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