Wayne Swan likens Hanson to Trump and says Labor must stop One Nation’s ‘dark, dystopic picture of the future’

Australian Labor party president says authoritarian trends must not be ‘normalised’ in Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Labor must not allow increasingly authoritarian trends in Australian politics to become “normalised”, ALP president Wayne Swan has warned, likening Pauline Hanson’s attacks on multiculturalism and journalists to Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of American civic life. “A toxic seed ...

By Tom McIlroy Political editor