The far-right is so wrong

Pauline Hanson.

(Why does the far-right appear to have it so wrong, particularly with regard to something central to my concerns, climate change? The certainty of damaged and disrupted climate system has been irrevocably illustrated by scientists around the world and evidentially it is happening and yet people, including the likes of Pauline Hanson and all those who voted for her remain steadfast in their denial. I metaphorically weep for the world for the populist sentiment that has launched Pauline Hanson and her One Nation Party back into the front-line of the political fray appears a pattern being repeated around the world - Robert McLean).

Far-right One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is pushing for a royal commission into climate science and Islam and wants to abolish the Family Law Court, in an extreme policy agenda set to frustrate a future government trying to pass laws through the Senate.

The federal election has resurrected the political career of the controversial figure, whose party is expected to snare at least one Senate spot 18 years after she lost the Queensland seat of Blair.

Ms Hanson has said her party will likely collect a second Queensland Senate position, and AAP reports there is speculation she is also in the running for a seat each in NSW and Western Australia.

Whichever party forms government will have to embark on Senate negotiations with Ms Hanson, who has called for Parliament to "start passing legislation that is right for the people and our future generations".

According to her party's agenda, that includes a royal commission into the "corruption" of climate science, adding climate change is "used as a political agenda by politicians and self interest groups or individuals for their own gain".

Read Nicole Hasham’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Election 2016: Pauline Hanson's big Senate win, and what she plans to do with it.”