Pauline Hanson’s call for Australia to become a monoculture was meant to draw a line around national identity.

Instead, it opened up a new split inside the Liberal Party.

This week, the idea left Opposition Leader Angus Taylor looking bewildered, unable to say clearly where he stood on multiculturalism.

Andrew Hastie took the opposite approach in navigating the challenge presented by One Nation, launching a full frontal assault from inside the Coalition party room. 

And as the right fights over Hanson’s rise, a new party from two teal independents is trying to offer voters another way out.

Today, news.com.au political editor Samantha Maiden looks at a week of conservative confusion, One Nation pressure, and the teal independents trying to turn disillusionment into votes.

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Guest: news.com.au political editor Samantha Maiden