Brexit, Trump... Xenophon? Australia's modest populist backlash

By David Wroe
Updated June 30 2016 - 1:18pm, first published June 28 2016 - 8:54am
Republican presumtive candidate Donald Trump. Photo: John Locher
Republican presumtive candidate Donald Trump. Photo: John Locher
Former PM John Howard says populist resentment is "nowhere near" the same in Australia as it is in the US. Photo: Jason Edwards
Former PM John Howard says populist resentment is "nowhere near" the same in Australia as it is in the US. Photo: Jason Edwards
The Brexit "leave" figurehead, former London mayor Boris Johnson. Photo: PA via AP
The Brexit "leave" figurehead, former London mayor Boris Johnson. Photo: PA via AP