Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan says coalition with One Nation ‘not even being talked about’

Australia's opposition Liberals are publicly dismissing a coalition with One Nation, despite rising polling for Pauline Hanson's party. Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan told the Guardian that a formal alliance is 'not even being talked about' among his colleagues, even as polls suggest such a partnership may become necessary for the Liberals to govern alone. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seized on the contradiction, mocking the right-wing bloc as an 'axis of grievance.'

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