Why Crisafulli should study Borbidge govt, not Newman government

If One Nation promises to do something and the state government sits on its hands, then One Nation will be rewarded, even at a state level.

One Nation is fragile. Out of the 11 members elected to the Queensland parliament in 1998, none remained in the party by the next election. It is a party of opposition and protest.

It is not a potential party of government like the right-wing populist parties in Europe. Pauline Hanson will never be Georgia Meloni, Marine le Pen, or Nigel Farrage.

But it probably will dictate who wins the next state and federal elections. That's why the Crisafulli government needs to go back and study Borbidge, not Newman.