The traditional left versus right political contest has been replaced altogether, a cabinet minister says, as Pauline Hanson prepares a blitz for extra support.
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman says a fundamental shift is changing the way politics is done and "moving the mountains of public debate as we know it".
In response to One Nation's rise, he suggested the traditional divide in Australian politics has been supplanted by a split between populists and the practical.
"We each have a choice as to how we respond to these forces. Do we use them to build Australia up or do we use them to fight over the scraps left when politics lets people down?" he said in a speech to the McKell Institute on Tuesday.
.jpeg?w=600)
