One Nation’s Comeback Kid Pushes Back on Net Zero in Key Mining Seat

The minor One Nation party is eyeing the coal-mining seat of Hunter.

One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson meets local supporters during a barbeque in Buderim in Sunshine Coast, Australia, on Sept. 21, 2017. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Well-known One Nation candidate Stuart Bond is gunning for the Labor stronghold of Hunter, north of Sydney, and is campaigning on a platform of bringing back coal-mining.

The mining electorate which encompasses the Hunter region and Newcastle, has long been held by the Labor Party, but since 2019 support has dropped and plateaued as the climate change debate unsettles the electorate.