Thousands of students joined protests across the country opposing the racism and bigotry of Pauline Hanson and One Nation on August 13.
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The protests were called by the National Union of Students and buoyed by a big turnout of high school students, who skipped school classes to attend the rally.
The impressive turnout reflects the anger among many young people that Hanson’s far-right politics are getting a hearing in the corporate media, and in turn being reflected in high polling figures across the country.
While One Nation has been consistently polling at 25–30%, its support among “Gen Z”, 14–29-year-olds, is about 10%.
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