PAULINE HANSON HAS KNOCKED ANOTHER BRICK OUT OF OUR CREAKY POLITICAL SYSTEM. IT’S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY | PETER GRESTE

By deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast… But like any bloodstream, the more gunk that flows through it, the less healthy the system.

Media | The Guardian reports that by deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast…

The report adds: But like any bloodstream, the more gunk that flows through it, the less healthy the system.

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