by Scott Balson
In the late
1990s Australian politics faced a most remarkable phenomenon - a controversial
party which captured the imagination of a nation. Nearly 10% of Australian
voters voted for One Nation in the 1998 Federal Election just a year after
its launch.
A red-headed woman, a fish and chip shop owner, had turned the political system on its head. Her name was Pauline Hanson.
This comprehensive and unique archive of over 100 pictorial web pages carries thousands of unique images and documents on the political history of Ms Hanson and her party. They were written at the time events unfolded and record Balson's views. He was in a unique position to get in behind the scenes and record a side of the party's history lost to the media.
The One Nation archive presents the good and the bad , and opposing views on the party. It carries articles, speeches and letters from all the party's major players.
The One Nation archive is backed by Balson's archives of Australia's oldest on-line daily newspaper (the Australian National News of the Day @notd) which holds over 3,000 articles in a searchable archive. The daily @notd covers the period 1995 - 2000 and is issue based - the main focus being against the new world order.
Balson used the @notd to publish three books - "Murder by Media, Death of Democracy in Australia"; "One Voice, Many Issues"; and "Enemy of the State".
| The articles and coverage of events in this archive document a sad legacy of unethical reporting by the mainstream media, political corruption and clear manipulation of Australian policy by big business. It includes the most comprehensive archive of MAI and FSIA related reports as events unfolded in the 1990s. |