In the shifting terrain of Australian politics, old alliances are fraying and personal histories are becoming battlegrounds. Prime Minister Albanese found himself defending not just policy but his mother's memory, after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson questioned the legitimacy of a lifetime spent in public housing. Simultaneously, Liberal MP Andrew Hastie faced a sustained campaign of character attacks from the same party, revealing that the contest between the Coalition and One Nation has moved well beyond policy disagreement into something more visceral — a struggle over who belongs, who is