townsville australia early morning last thursday pauline hanson rent battler bus start hiss loudly election campaign halt petrol station stretch desolate highway near remote edge australia unable get rural queensland state voters rely deliver anti-immigration one nation party best result two decades supporters come strand near gemstone-mine town marlborough population hundred hanson approach truckers travelers seek get picture take actually stop get something eat look across go oh battler bus go say hello pauline say truck driver shane williams come look engine think immigration big thing everybody think go good thing pauline get say parliament keep bastards honest hanson candidate queensland state election nov. 25 last year re-enter federal parliament wave popular support near two-decade absence face almost every one nation party billboard fly queensland coal-rich sugar cane-growing heartland turn vote test whether hanson resurgence continue push back fringe australia prominent right-wing nationalist join global populist push rest world finally catch espouse lot 20 years ago hanson tell reuters sunny tropical town townsville gateway great barrier reef marine park u.s. president donald trump election victory year ago however resonate across world add definitely start people start wake see people one else really vote blow turbo hose fix hanson bus roll road three hours behind schedule stop several towns arrive town hall-style event even 400 kilometers 249 miles away hanson town halls mix stump speech off-the-cuff observations usually involve battler stories hear locals campaign trail claim foreigners buy agricultural land immigrants pay tax complaints cripple energy price government handouts aboriginals support ban muslim migrants hanson rhetoric blunt draw almost instant condemnation cities often view extreme rural heartland one town drought another get hit cyclonic flood mainstream one try save country really say 20-year-old jack roach proserpine sugar-cane town 3,500 queensland poll suggest one nation might take around 20 percent popular vote queensland australia third-most populous state situate northeast would mark big electoral success since 1990s unclear however whether translate handful seat among 93 parliamentary seat stake election hustings support appear strong towns beyond black stump colloquial term australia describe remote areas well coal-producing areas sugar cane field vigorous opposition hanson policies come tourist-dependent coastal areas supporters hanson plain-speaking anti-politician shake liberal-national labor political establishment australia speak like us say 24-year-old carpenter brodie tophan work south coastal town bowen approach hanson selfie people call us racist tell like australia modern far right movement bear 1996 city ipswich inland river port former coal mine center queensland hanson make unlikely successful run political office manage fish chip shop use maiden speech parliament warn country would swamp asians co-founded one nation party enjoy early electoral success implode infighting party power struggle hanson 11-week imprisonment electoral fraud 2003 eventually quash halt momentum spend years struggle regain formidable connection voters labor parliamentarian jennifer howard contest seat ipswich say mainly white area foster hanson rise 1990s give way diverse population hind one nation success howard say use take children hanson shop late 1980s daughter use say lady always angry hanson rage political foes look likely continue good advocate nationalist policies emerge yet happen past change party leadership prove unsuccessful new right-wing party unable attract anywhere near hanson popular support moreover overtly anti-immigration party swim demographic tide census data show one-in-three australians today bear overseas compare one-in-five 20 years ago evident even hanson old fish chip shop run vietnamese immigrant thanh huynh describe interest without disclose would vote shop menu offer items hanson use make include dagwood dog corn dog import ideas include vietnamese spring roll hanson 's 'battler bus take anti-immigrant road australia