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She's back.....

That woman [no, not Bill Clinton's!] who, remember, was a Liberal candidate until un-endorsed, and who then had her policies "stolen" / adopted by John Howard is back.......none other than Pauline Hanson.

Ms Hanson was interviewed on the Breakfast program on ABC Radio National this morning:

"It's more than ten-and-a-half years since Pauline Hanson gave her now infamous maiden speech. It set off an avalanche which recast Australia's political landscape.

Although the media's immediate response to her speech was muted, talk-back radio shows registered the shockwave which would become known as 'Hansonism'.

But for the girl from Ipswich, life hasn't always been easy; nor was her political career.

Now she has recounted her story in a new autobiography to be published today called Untamed and Unashamed."

Listen to the interview, with Fran Kelly, here - and listen out for Ms Hanson's reference to "Christian Muslims". Eh?

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