Complex sentence: Hanson's positions on issues such as multiculturalism, gun ownership and native title were well received in the Nationals' heartland of rural and regional Queensland, and the Nationals struggled to prevent leakage of their support to One Nation.
Split into simpler sentences: Hanson's positions on issues such as multiculturalism, gun ownership and native title were well received in the Nationals' heartland of rural and regional Queensland. The Nationals struggled to prevent leakage of their support to One Nation.