Broinowski believes that Trump and Hanson were both able to use their status as reality TV stars to forge an intimate connection with future supporters and translate it into political power. She also says that she was attracted to Hanson’s story because it mirrors Australia’s transition from a nation that celebrated inclusiveness to a nation obsessed with borders — one whose media and politics increasingly skew right.

• I spent some time with Pauline Hanson’s biographer and learned a lot of compelling things about Australia’s most famous far-right politician. You can read the whole piece over at SBS here.