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Basil Zempilas person

Named in 9 reports across 3 stories - 25 Aug – 10 Sept
25 Aug 202610 Sept 2026
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  1. watoday.com.auseen 12 Sept, 05:27headline rewrittenthe story

    ‘I wouldn’t call him a traitor’: WA One Nation leader distances himself from Hanson cartoon‘I wouldn’t call him a traitor’: WA One Nation leader distances himself from Hastie cartoon

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Basil Zempilas. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Basil Zempilas.

Australia and Canberra share 7 reportsAngus Taylor and Pauline Hanson share 5 reportsCanberra and Productivity Commission share 4 reportsAngus Taylor and Canberra share 4 reportsAngus Taylor and Australia share 4 reportsAngus Taylor and Ben Roberts-Smith share 4 reportsAndrew Hastie and Pauline Hanson share 4 reportsAustralia and Productivity Commission share 4 reportsBen Roberts-Smith and Pauline Hanson share 4 reportsAndrew Hastie and Ben Roberts-Smith share 4 reportsCanberra and Pauline Hanson share 4 reportsAustralia and Pauline Hanson share 4 reportsAndrew Hastie and Angus Taylor share 4 reportsAndrew Hastie and Barnaby Joyce share 3 reportsAfghanistan and Canberra share 3 reportsAndrew Hastie and Australia share 3 reportsAustralian Studies Institute and Productivity Commission share 3 reportsBarnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson share 3 reportsAfghanistan and Pauline Hanson share 3 reportsAngus Taylor and Barnaby Joyce share 3 reportsAfghanistan and Ben Roberts-Smith share 3 reportsBarnaby Joyce and Ben Roberts-Smith share 3 reportsAustralia and Ben Roberts-Smith share 3 reportsAfghanistan and Australia share 3 reportsBen Roberts-Smith and Canberra share 3 reportsAustralia and Barnaby Joyce share 3 reportsAustralian Studies Institute and Canberra share 3 reportsAfghanistan and Angus Taylor share 3 reportsAustralia and Australian Studies Institute share 3 reportsAfghanistan and Barnaby Joyce share 3 reportsAfghanistan and Andrew Hastie share 3 reportsAndrew Hastie and Canberra share 3 reportsBarnaby Joyce and Canberra share 3 reportsPauline Hanson and Productivity Commission share 1 reportAngus Taylor and Productivity Commission share 1 reportBasil ZempilasAustraliaAustralia - 7 shared reports (place)CanberraCanberra - 7 shared reports (place)Pauline Han…Pauline Hanson - 6 shared reports (person)Angus TaylorAngus Taylor - 5 shared reports (person)Andrew Hast…Andrew Hastie - 4 shared reports (person)Ben Roberts-SmithBen Roberts-Smith - 4 shared reports (person)Productivit…Productivity Commission - 4 shared reports (organization)AfghanistanAfghanistan - 3 shared reports (place)Australian …Australian Studies Institute - 3 shared reports (organization)Barnaby Joy…Barnaby Joyce - 3 shared reports (person)

The stories

One Nation surge: Nationals wipeout predicted across rural, regional areas

63 outlets7 reports name Basil Zempilas29 Jul – 18 Sept

Live: PM maintains interpretation of melon hand gesture on podcast was incorrect

12 outlets1 report names Basil Zempilas13 Aug – 17 Sept

Why this by-election will be a test for One Nation's growing popularity

10 outlets1 report names Basil Zempilas25 Aug – 5 Sept

Who keeps naming them

miragenews.com1ABC News (Australia)1blayneychronicle.com.au1portstephensexaminer.com.au1cessnockadvertiser.com.au1watoday.com.au1examiner.com.au1therural.com.au1southernhighlandnews.com.au1

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