The Coalition is nailing its own coffin shut in Farrer. It should have had the courage to put One Nation last (opens in new tab)

By directing preferences to Pauline Hanson’s party, the Coalition may deliver One Nation its first election win in the lower houseIn 1997, when I was presenting the Country Hour on the ABC, I was sitting in an outside broadcast van at an agricultural field day in Northern Victoria about to interview the then member for Farrer and deputy prime minister, Tim Fischer, and the deputy opposition leader, Gareth Evans.Pauline Hanson had just been elected to the House of Representatives and had subse...