During an eighteenth century parliamentary debate, British statesman Edmund Burke professed that “in the reporters’ gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate far more important than they all”. Burke noted that only with the media’s free scrutiny of government can regular citizens hold their representatives to account.

The One Nation party website lists policies to prioritise “Australians in need” ahead of refugees, to “bring back Australian values”, to ensure “jobs for Australians first and foremost” and to exit trade deals “not in Australia’s best interest”.