It is good to see Pauline back on the front pages! This is because sometimes even I forget that the mass media is about creating news, not reporting it, and having Pauline on the cover is like a big sign saying “This is media-fabricated bullshit.”
Pauline was from the outset a media-created phenomenon. The red hair, the green eyes, the increasingly clingy frocks, the cute sound bites, they loved it. And now they can have another dance with her. Such a nice relationship.
Of course, I do wonder how Pauline’s new sympathy for jailees will manifest itself. Will we see a kinder, less bigotted Pauline Hanson party, or will Pauline just wanna get shot of the whole damn thing?