Senator Pocock says Australians aren't satisfied with the major parties | ABC NEWS

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A Redbridge poll published this weekend suggested One Nation could win as many as 59 seats in the lower house if an election were held today, becoming the main opposition party. The poll of more than 6,000 voters showed Pauline Hanson's party could wipe out the Nationals and heavily depleted Liberals, as well as flip many Labor-held electorates. Senator David Pocock said the rising popularity of the minor party and of right-wing politics was a reflection of the public's dissatisfaction with major parties. "There is a lot of frustration and anger out there in the community that our political system is not working for Australians," he said. "There's this recognition that on so many of these big challenges we are facing, it's not necessarily left versus right, it's actually vested interests and their stranglehold on the major parties versus the Australian people." Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia

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