One Nation's Collapse Converges With NAIDOC And Origin Decider In A Massive Week For The Murris

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According the last two Roy Morgan voter surveys, the far-right minor party of One Nation is experiencing a sudden free-fall in opinion polls.

Since Pauline Hanson's historic National Press Club address on June 17, the party has dropped 9% - signalling that One Nation has already reached it's high tide - with two full years until the next Federal Election.

This collapse in poll numbers has caused elation across the Indigenous community, as the news couldn't have landed at a better time - the first week of July.

After thirty years of being treated as Pauline Hanson's punching bag, the recent spike in popularity for One Nation had caused anxiety amongst both Aboriginal people and migrant communities.

With a growing fear that the hate speech and bigotry of One Nation would be even further normalised in mainstream Australian politics, there was a wave of relief when the minor party's death rattle began - following Pauline Hanson's national press club address.

It seems that they key to dismantling One Nation is to put Pauline Hanson in front of every news camera in the country and just allowing her to talk un-interrupted for two hours.

This has timed nicely for NAIDOC Day, as One Nation short-lived honeymoon is crushed by two back-to-back opinion polls.

While NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about the histories and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - it has also grown to represent an opportunity for First Nations communities to to celebrate their culture, excellence, and survival.

And what a better time to celebrate than on the same week that things fall apart for the far-right populist that has made a career out of vilifying and ridiculing them.

The mood is only heightened in Queensland, where the Murri community also looks forward to an Origin decider at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium - where 60,000 Maroon fans will be cheering on the historically Indigenous Queensland rugby league side.

From Artie Beetson, to the golden era of Matty Bowen and Johnathan Thurston, to today's current crop of Selwyn Cobbo, Reece Walsh, Reuben Cotter and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow - The Maroons have come to represent Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander excellence.

And the recent opinion polls represent the warp-speed decline in Queensland redneck politics.

HAPPY NAIDOC!