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Perhaps Australia's answer to Rice is Pauline Hanson. She appeared on the scene several years ago, claiming to represent 'real australians'. Her viewpoints were racist, purile and direct. One of her answers to debt was for australia to print more money. Along with this were all the other (yawn) garden variety predjudices that these people hold near and dear.
She had a massive effect though! And although the mod conservatives all dismissed her as a 'loon' and a 'cook', they started adopting alot of her more moderate ideas. Thereby stealing her voter base. Then they chucked her in jail for voter fraud. Amusingly, while in jail one of her cellmates was an aboriginal woman, and through her relationship with her softened her own ideas toward indiginous australians (Yes, just like in American History X).
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'And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass'
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