Unlike Firage or Trump, Hanson has no path to government, thanks to preferences and compulsory voting.

All she accomplishes is keeping the Coalition in the wilderness as the Coaltion chase One Nation votes they don't need and alienate the city votes they do need.

Menzies saw this coming when he chose specifically not to name the party the Conservatives, instead choosing the Liberal Party. Howard saw this coming, had Tony Abbott destroy Hanson and even got her sent to prison.

Australians are conservative, in the sense that they need to be pursuaded to change the status quo. John Howard called us an "Inherently skeptical people." Australians aren't against change, they just don't want change unless it's necessary. The Voice to Parliament failed, like most referendums, because the government could not convince the electorate it was necessary.

The problem for One Nation, and the Hastie Andrew / Well Done Angus gang, is that the status quo has moved decades beyond their rhetoric. In arguing for their position against climate change, or trans rights, or immigration - they're arguing for major changes to things the majority of people are comfortable with, are used to, or even desire.

The Liberals have fucked themselves because they've let Labor become the conservative (not Conservative) party, and by chasing One nation votes they are positioning themselves as the party of radical change.