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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson demands end to multiculturalism, calls ... Pauline Hanson’s first speech at the National Press Club has outlined her plans to clamp down on Muslim migration, end multiculturalism and axe the government’s climate change department, as the One Nation leader claimed four of Australia’s closest allies were “absolute s-holes”. Hanson began her no-apologies speech on Wednesday by identifying immigration and housing affordability as two of the most pressing issues facing the country, insisting Australia “cannot be a multicultural society”. “We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural,” she said while attacking the assembled media for continuing to “repeat the lie that we are a racist party”. Supported by her fellow One Nation senators Malcolm Roberts, Sean Bell and Tyron Whitten and star defector Barnaby Joyce, Hanson approached her question-and-answer session with Canberra press gallery journalists with defiance and sometimes direct hostility, saying they had been part of the problem, along with incompetent government ministers and a lazy and bloated public service. The speech, Hanson’s first address to the press club in 30 years in pol…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

WA Premier Roger Cook has called out comments from senator Pauline Hanson, branding the One Nation leader as “a career politician that’s always resorted to division to try to create anger.” On Wednesday, the Hanson outlined her plan to clamp down on Muslim migration, end multiculturalism and axe the government’s climate change departmentin an hour-and-a-half talk at the National Press Club. Speaking at the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA breakfast on Thursday morning, Cook acknowledged there was concern and a level of anxiety on the future of the WA community. “But those who seek to get to gain from this anxiety are essentially taking legitimate concerns and using division to get some political advantage from that,” he said. “Pauline Hanson, in particular, she’s been doing this for 30 years, and the one community she always blames, always blames for people’s struggles and anxieties are minorities. “When she was first elected, it was the Asian community. It then became the Aboriginal community. Today it’s Muslims. Tomorrow it’s going to be a gender diverse community. “She is attacking everything which represents harmony and inclusion in our community. “As one, we …

Pauline Hanson defends vision of Australia as 'Monoculture 26 Australian Political Debate Over ‘Monoculture’ and National Identity Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has formally rejected calls from One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to define Australian identity through a restrictive lens of “monoculture.” The dispute emerged after Senator Hanson cited 1970s and 80s cultural figures, including Paul Hogan and Norman Gunston, as essential components of an Australian identity that she claims is currently under threat. In response, the Prime Minister described Australia as a “rich” and diverse nation, explicitly distancing his government from the senator’s narrow framing of national heritage. What sparked the debate on Australian monoculture? The controversy began when Senator Pauline Hanson used the backdrop of the Socceroos’ recent performances to advocate for a return to a “monocultural” society. According to reporting by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , Hanson argued that the national football team represented a version of Australia that she believes has been lost. She specifically named comedian Paul Hogan and the satirical character Norman Gunston as touchstones …

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

WA Premier Roger Cook has called out comments from senator Pauline Hanson, branding the One Nation leader as “a career politician that’s always resorted to division to try to create anger.” On Wednesday, the Hanson outlined her plan to clamp down on Muslim migration, end multiculturalism and axe the government’s climate change departmentin an hour-and-a-half talk at the National Press Club. Speaking at the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA breakfast on Thursday morning, Cook acknowledged there was concern and a level of anxiety on the future of the WA community. “But those who seek to get to gain from this anxiety are essentially taking legitimate concerns and using division to get some political advantage from that,” he said. “Pauline Hanson, in particular, she’s been doing this for 30 years, and the one community she always blames, always blames for people’s struggles and anxieties are minorities. “When she was first elected, it was the Asian community. It then became the Aboriginal community. Today it’s Muslims. Tomorrow it’s going to be a gender diverse community. “She is attacking everything which represents harmony and inclusion in our community. “As one, we …

PAULINE HANSON'S CAREER-FIRST NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEECH: IMMIGRATION AND CULTURE * "Don't expect a divisive Welcome to Country from me" - on how to start a speech. * "We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural" - on firming up English language requirements for migrants. * "I will not walk away from my commitment to get rid of social cancer" - on Muslim hate preachers. * "Other political parties are simply following me" - on Labor and the Liberal vowing to reduce immigration. ENERGY * "The central source of national poverty" - on unaffordable energy, which Senator Hanson proposes to remedy with more coal, gas, and nuclear instead of "net-zero nonsense". * "Put it up on your roofs, I don't care" - on blocking solar panels being built on farmland, along with all wind turbines. ECONOMY * "How can we hold our heads up? ... it's disgraceful, and yet the Albanese Labor government ... floods this country time and time again" - on the cost-of-living crisis and rising indicators of poverty. * "Dr Chalmers has a PhD from ANU, writing about the Keating government. Well, he hasn't learned much" - on national debt sitting at $1 trillion and government spending reaching…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

One Nation monoculture claim red-carded as 'nonsense' News/Australia Anthony Albanese has pushed back on Pauline Hanson’s call for Australia to be a monoculture, citing the nation’s World Cup squad as proof of its diversity Australia's World Cup squad comes from 15 cultural backgrounds, with two born in refugee camps. Photo: AAP/Susie Dodds Andrew Brown (AAP)23 June 2026 2:34pm The make up of the Socceroos is a sign of Australia’s multicultural success, the prime minister says, rejecting Pauline Hanson’s claim the nation should be a monoculture. The One Nation leader used an address at the National Press Club to call for Australia to be under one cultural umbrella while still being multiracial. The controversial speech has prompted further criticism of One Nation as Senator Hanson’s party rises in the polls. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia had never been a monoculture, pointing to the Socceroos at the World Cup. The 26-man World Cup squad comes from 15 cultural backgrounds, with two – Nestory Irankunda and Mohamed Toure – migrating to Australia after being born in an African refugee camp. “We have had a rich culture, and when we look at the Socceroos, we se…

Pauline Hanson vows to make Australia a monocultural society Pauline Hanson vows to make Australia a monocultural society Pauline Hanson used her wide-ranging speech at the National Press Club to call for a ‘monocultural society’ as she lined up a number of One Nation targets. Katina Curtis The Nightly 6 Min Read 8 hours ago Updated 7 hours ago Comments Pauline Hanson, founder and leader of One Nation, speaks at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Credit: Rohan Thomson / Bloomberg Pauline Hanson has declared immigration has driven Australia into a “state of crisis” and called for a “monocultural society” as she vowed One Nation would fight for people to get their country back. In her wide-ranging inaugural speech at the National Press Club – briefly interrupted by a Banksy-style protest stunt orchestrated by GetUp – the One Nation leader said that people had been trying for years to silence her. She argued that hate preachers should be deported, defended her plan to scrap financial support for Indigenous Australians, and pledged to tackle the “transgender insurgency”, dump renewables, and back the construction of one nuclear power plant on …

Pauline Hanson says Australia ‘must be monocultural’ in National Press Club speech <p>One Nation leader denounces high immigration levels, Islam, transgender rights, the ABC and the Guardian in inflammatory address</p><p>Pauline Hanson has declared Australia cannot be multicultural and must exist as a “monocultural society”, warning high migration had caused the country lose its identity and national values.</p><p>In an inflammatory address to the National Press Club in Canberra, the One Nation leader pledged to axe SBS and overhaul the ABC <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/17/one-nation-health-policies-errors-pauline-hanson-ntwnfb">if she wins the next federal election</a>, including imposing a license fee for metropolitan households to watch the public broadcaster. Regional services would be protected.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/17/pauline-hanson-national-press-club-address-speech-australia-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

WA Premier Roger Cook has called out comments from senator Pauline Hanson, branding the One Nation leader as “a career politician that’s always resorted to division to try to create anger.” On Wednesday, the Hanson outlined her plan to clamp down on Muslim migration, end multiculturalism and axe the government’s climate change departmentin an hour-and-a-half talk at the National Press Club. Speaking at the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA breakfast on Thursday morning, Cook acknowledged there was concern and a level of anxiety on the future of the WA community. “But those who seek to get to gain from this anxiety are essentially taking legitimate concerns and using division to get some political advantage from that,” he said. “Pauline Hanson, in particular, she’s been doing this for 30 years, and the one community she always blames, always blames for people’s struggles and anxieties are minorities. “When she was first elected, it was the Asian community. It then became the Aboriginal community. Today it’s Muslims. Tomorrow it’s going to be a gender diverse community. “She is attacking everything which represents harmony and inclusion in our community. “As one, we …

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

PAULINE HANSON'S CAREER-FIRST NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEECH: IMMIGRATION AND CULTURE * "Don't expect a divisive Welcome to Country from me" - on how to start a speech. * "We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural" - on firming up English language requirements for migrants. * "I will not walk away from my commitment to get rid of social cancer" - on Muslim hate preachers. * "Other political parties are simply following me" - on Labor and the Liberal vowing to reduce immigration. ENERGY * "The central source of national poverty" - on unaffordable energy, which Senator Hanson proposes to remedy with more coal, gas, and nuclear instead of "net-zero nonsense". * "Put it up on your roofs, I don't care" - on blocking solar panels being built on farmland, along with all wind turbines. ECONOMY * "How can we hold our heads up? ... it's disgraceful, and yet the Albanese Labor government ... floods this country time and time again" - on the cost-of-living crisis and rising indicators of poverty. * "Dr Chalmers has a PhD from ANU, writing about the Keating government. Well, he hasn't learned much" - on national debt sitting at $1 trillion and government spending reaching…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Pauline Hanson makes clear what a One Nation government would be like – it’s an ugly picture <p>The One Nation leader offered a series of inflammatory statements at the National Press Club that may play well with her supporters but will alarm many others</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/17/pauline-hanson-national-press-club-address-speech-australia-ntwnfb">Pauline Hanson says Australia ‘must be monocultural’ in National Press Club speech</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>For months, voters have been telling anyone who’ll listen that they want Pauline Hanson.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/27/guardian-essential-poll-labors-housing-and-tax-changes-fail-to-win-over-voters-as-support-for-one-nation-swells">Pollsters</a>, journalists and the (current) political establishment have all heard how the major parties are letting down the country and One…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

View from The Hill: Hanson gets quite a bit off off her chest when she ... Press Club staff remove a banner seen behind One Nation leader Pauline Hanson as she addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Lukas Coch/AAP Pauline Hanson’s first-ever – and perhaps only-ever – appearance at the National Press Club was always destined to be one of those political “moments”. As theatre, the 90-minute performance (including the question-and-answer session) didn’t disappoint, although it will have shocked, indeed appalled, many. Some would be left scratching their heads about how Australian politics has come to this, with Hanson scaling the political heights, at least in the polls and (on recent tests) in votes. But we only have to look abroad and remember we follow the trends. Here was Hanson off the leash, at least for the most part. If you had to sum up Wednesday’s outing in one word, it would be defiant. Her resentment at being, over the years, written off, derided, often treated discourteously by the media and other politicians was on full display. Every attempt has been made for years to silence me. In fact, there are always some people, usually a lot o…

WA Premier Roger Cook has called out comments from senator Pauline Hanson, branding the One Nation leader as “a career politician that’s always resorted to division to try to create anger.” On Wednesday, the Hanson outlined her plan to clamp down on Muslim migration, end multiculturalism and axe the government’s climate change departmentin an hour-and-a-half talk at the National Press Club. Speaking at the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA breakfast on Thursday morning, Cook acknowledged there was concern and a level of anxiety on the future of the WA community. “But those who seek to get to gain from this anxiety are essentially taking legitimate concerns and using division to get some political advantage from that,” he said. “Pauline Hanson, in particular, she’s been doing this for 30 years, and the one community she always blames, always blames for people’s struggles and anxieties are minorities. “When she was first elected, it was the Asian community. It then became the Aboriginal community. Today it’s Muslims. Tomorrow it’s going to be a gender diverse community. “She is attacking everything which represents harmony and inclusion in our community. “As one, we …

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

Pauline Hanson declares 'Australia must be monocultural' at National ... One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has declared she doesn’t want Australia to become like Britain, Canada, France or Germany amid “grave concerns” about radical Islam. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has fronted the National Press Club for the first time in her political career, delivering the “Leaders Address” on Wednesday. The event was met by protesters outside who chanted against Ms Hanson, suggesting her party was "racist". Ms Hanson's speech was also hijacked by a protest banner, which unfurled behind her, saying "I opposed a pay rise for workers". Despite the interruption, Ms Hanson used her speech to outline her platform, amid claims from the Albanese government and the media that she doesn’t have any policies. The One Nation leader identified immigration, energy, cultural issues and government spending as key concerns. “Don’t expect a divisive Welcome to Country from me. This beautiful country belongs to all Australians born here and those who have joined us,” she opened her speech. Ms Hanson told the Press Club that rapid population growth had placed unsustainable pressure on housing and infra…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

WA Premier Roger Cook has called out comments from senator Pauline Hanson, branding the One Nation leader as “a career politician that’s always resorted to division to try to create anger.” On Wednesday, the Hanson outlined her plan to clamp down on Muslim migration, end multiculturalism and axe the government’s climate change departmentin an hour-and-a-half talk at the National Press Club. Speaking at the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA breakfast on Thursday morning, Cook acknowledged there was concern and a level of anxiety on the future of the WA community. “But those who seek to get to gain from this anxiety are essentially taking legitimate concerns and using division to get some political advantage from that,” he said. “Pauline Hanson, in particular, she’s been doing this for 30 years, and the one community she always blames, always blames for people’s struggles and anxieties are minorities. “When she was first elected, it was the Asian community. It then became the Aboriginal community. Today it’s Muslims. Tomorrow it’s going to be a gender diverse community. “She is attacking everything which represents harmony and inclusion in our community. “As one, we …

Pauline Hanson says she ‘had to have a conversation’ about immigration and the Aboriginal flag with new Farrer MP <p>David Farley was told One Nation’s policy was to fly only the Australian flag, party leader tells conference</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jun/19/news-live-australia-ukraine-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-capital-gains-tax-concessions-business-pauline-hanson-one-nation-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>One Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, says she “had to have a conversation” with the new Farrer MP, David Farley, after he appeared to defy her policies on immigration and flying Indigenous flags.</p><p>Shortly before <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/09/farrer-byelection-results-one-nation-michelle-milthorpe-coalition">winning Farrer in May’s byelection</a> – the first fede…

PAULINE HANSON'S CAREER-FIRST NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEECH: IMMIGRATION AND CULTURE * "Don't expect a divisive Welcome to Country from me" - on how to start a speech. * "We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural" - on firming up English language requirements for migrants. * "I will not walk away from my commitment to get rid of social cancer" - on Muslim hate preachers. * "Other political parties are simply following me" - on Labor and the Liberal vowing to reduce immigration. ENERGY * "The central source of national poverty" - on unaffordable energy, which Senator Hanson proposes to remedy with more coal, gas, and nuclear instead of "net-zero nonsense". * "Put it up on your roofs, I don't care" - on blocking solar panels being built on farmland, along with all wind turbines. ECONOMY * "How can we hold our heads up? ... it's disgraceful, and yet the Albanese Labor government ... floods this country time and time again" - on the cost-of-living crisis and rising indicators of poverty. * "Dr Chalmers has a PhD from ANU, writing about the Keating government. Well, he hasn't learned much" - on national debt sitting at $1 trillion and government spending reaching…

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Outlines Divisive Vision for Australia Australian One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has unveiled a series of controversial policy positions at the National Press Club. Her proposals, including a push for monoculturalism and cuts to public services, have sparked alarm across the political spectrum. Polarising statements and divisive policies dominated Pauline Hanson's recent address at the National Press Club in Canberra, leaving many observers questioning her vision for Australia. As leader of the One Nation party, Ms Hanson presented a radical overhaul of the country's societal and governmental norms, sparking intense debate about the nation's future. Central to her platform is a call for a 'monocultural' society, accompanied by drastic reductions in migration levels – measures that have been met with alarm from those who value Australia's cultural diversity. Her proposals also include the closure of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a public broadcaster that serves ethnic communities, and significant cuts to funding for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Furthermore, Ms Hanson advocates for scaling back paid parental leave and worke…

Pauline Hanson reveals One Nation policies at the NPC - SBS Pauline Hanson reveals One Nation policies at the NPC 03:46 SBS Our House Follow and Subscribe Follow and Subscribe Follow and Subscribe Apple Podcasts Spotify Download (3.45MB) Download the SBS Audio app Available on iOS and Android One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addresses the National Press Club in Canberra Source: AAP / LUKAS COCH Pauline Hanson has declared Australia should be a monoculture, in a sweeping address at the nation's most coveted political platform, the National Press Club. She's also criticised the public broadcasters and confirmed its official One Nation policy to scrap funding to SBS. Follow and Subscribe Apple Podcasts Spotify Download (3.45MB) Download the SBS Audio app Available on iOS and Android Published 18 June 2026 12:20pm By Anna Henderson, Allan Lee Presented by Allan Lee Source : SBS News Available in other languages Share this with family and friends Copy link Share Pauline Hanson has declared Australia should be a monoculture, in a sweeping address at the nation's most coveted political platform, the National Press Club. She's also criticised the public broadcasters and confirmed its offi…

Pauline Hanson Live: Mass Migration, Rising Polls & Why Aussies Back ... Pauline Hansonhas delivered another strong live interview onSky News’ The Kenny Report, doubling down on her long-standing warnings aboutout-of-control immigration, weak leadership, and the growing surge in support forOne Nationacross Australia. Hanson blasted both Labor and the Liberals for failing to control migration levels that are pushing Australia’s housing, roads, hospitals, and schools to breaking point. She told Chris Kenny that the major parties have become completelyout of touch with everyday Australians, who are now voicing overwhelming frustration at the impacts of mass migration. She pointed out that between 2022 and 2023, Australia brought in740,000 migrants, yet only1,800worked in construction despite a national housing shortage and rising rents. Hanson said the system is “flooding the country” with the wrong skill mix, and politicians refusing to address the issue are ignoringover 70% of Australianswho believe immigration is far too high. Hanson also hit back at claims from Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg supporting high migration levels. She said Bragg “should be in Labor or the Greens,” acc…

'I make no apology': Pauline Hanson doubles down on call for ... ‘I make no apology’: Pauline Hanson doubles down on call for ‘monocultural Australia’, attempts to lay claim to Socceroos Pauline Hanson has doubled down on her calls for Australia to be a “monocultural” society, declaring she is “delighted” by the response before pointing to the Socceroos as an example of her vision. Patrick Hannaford Digital Reporter 3 min read June 24, 2026 - 4:35PM Pauline Hanson has doubled down on her calls for Australia to be a “monocultural” society, telling parliament she is “delighted” by the response she provoked. Senator Hanson sparked controversy last week when she used her first-ever National Press Club address to declare Australia “must be monocultural”. The comments have sparked a major debate, with the leaders of all major parties rejecting her claims. Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, the One Nation leader said this was “exactly what I intended”. “You'd be forgiven for thinking I had slaughtered a sacred cow at the National Press Club last week. Monoculturalism is virtually all you've been able to talk about since that day,” she said. “I'm delighted this issue has been publicly e…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's very first address to the National ... 0:01 As we all know, it's Senator Pauline Hanson is our guest, and she is the leader of One Nation, and her speech is entitled, The Leader's Address to the National Press Club. Tom Connell, the club's president and Sky News anchor, will be hosting today. today's event. My thanks to, and he'll formally introduce her at the commencement of the broadcast. I want to thank the broadcasters who are taking this live and national, which is the ABC and Sky. There's plenty of other media being represented here today, as we can all see. 0:36 Welcome to you. With us today, Barnaby Joyce, the member for New England and maybe a shadow treasurer in time to come, I'm told. Or I am. Senator Malcolm Roberts, Senator for Queensland, Tyrone Whitton, Senator Tyrone Whitton for Western Australia, welcome. And Senator Ralph Babbitt from Victoria, we welcome you as well. Thank you to Westpac, our longstanding principal partner, Richard Collier, the Director of Government Affairs is here representing the bank. 1:16 Welcome to all the corporate members. Welcome to all the media members. This is probably the biggest crowd I've seen fo…

Albanese red cards monoculture claims, says Socceroos examples of ... - SBS Politics Albanese red cards monoculture claims, says Socceroos examples of 'rich' Australian culture Anthony Albanese's comments came as Pauline Hanson walked back previous comments about wanting an end to parental leave. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the Socceroos are a team comprised of people proud of their varied ethnicities, but also "proud Australians". Source: AAP / Susie Dodds In brief Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rubbished Pauline Hanson's claims Australia should be a monoculture. Hanson has walked back comments related to paid parental leave. The make up of the Socceroos is a sign of Australia's multicultural success, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says, rejecting Pauline Hanson's claim the nation should be a monoculture. The One Nation leader used an address at the National Press Club last week to call for Australia to be under one cultural umbrella while still being multiracial. The controversial speech has prompted further criticism of One Nation as Hanson's party rises in the polls. Albanese said Australia had never been a monoculture, pointing to the Socceroos at the World Cup…

WA Premier Roger Cook has called out comments from senator Pauline Hanson, branding the One Nation leader as “a career politician that’s always resorted to division to try to create anger.” On Wednesday, the Hanson outlined her plan to clamp down on Muslim migration, end multiculturalism and axe the government’s climate change departmentin an hour-and-a-half talk at the National Press Club. Speaking at the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA breakfast on Thursday morning, Cook acknowledged there was concern and a level of anxiety on the future of the WA community. “But those who seek to get to gain from this anxiety are essentially taking legitimate concerns and using division to get some political advantage from that,” he said. “Pauline Hanson, in particular, she’s been doing this for 30 years, and the one community she always blames, always blames for people’s struggles and anxieties are minorities. “When she was first elected, it was the Asian community. It then became the Aboriginal community. Today it’s Muslims. Tomorrow it’s going to be a gender diverse community. “She is attacking everything which represents harmony and inclusion in our community. “As one, we …

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Migrants would be free to speak their own languages at home but should be "Australians first", One Nation has declared, after the party's leader called for a monoculture. A day after Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club, One Nation MP David Farley said new arrivals needed to be Australians first and put their ethnicity or creed second. "They can be an Australian migrant, or an Australian-Italian, Australian-Greek, or an Australian-African. They're not African-Australians, they're Australians first," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. Mr Farley said he wasn't concerned about people speaking other languages at home, but argued that to assimilate into Australia, migrants needed to speak English. "There'll be times when they're bringing family and friends into the country on holidays etcetera, where that is adaptable ... but the reality is we've adapted English as a language, that's the Australian language," he said. Pressed on a separate One Nation policy announced by Senator Hanson on Wednesday to make the ABC subscription-only in the cities, Mr Farley said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. "How would it work? I'd imagine commerce, financial advisors would s…

'Trashy journalist': One Nation plan for media shake-up - AAP News Most Australians would need to pay to access the ABC, with SBS abolished under a radical plan to overhaul Australia's media put forward by Pauline Hanson. The One Nation leader accused the media of treating her populist political party with double standards in an at-times fiery address during which she labelled one journalist "trashy" and told another she'd be out of a job if her party won government. "Australians' trust in media, the government and public institutions is at an all-time low," Senator Hanson told the National Press Club on Wednesday. "To you, the media, may I offer some advice. You have to earn the trust of the Australian people. I am confident I can. Can the media say the same thing?" Asked about her daughter's work campaigning in Tasmania by a Guardian reporter, Senator Hanson exploded. "You never give up. I've never seen a person that's such a trashy journalist," she told reporter Sarah Martin. "You've got this obsession with constantly trying to pull down myself, my party or (Gina) Rinehart... I'm telling you now, don't come near me for an interview in future." Ms Martin has reported on S…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…

Pauline Hanson says Socceroos represent her vision of 'monoculture' Pauline Hanson says the Socceroos represent her vision for a “monocultural Australia”, offering a significantly watered-down explanation for the term while moderate Liberal MPs stepped forward to support multiculturalism. A week after the One Nation leader said at her National Press Club address thatAustralia must be monocultural– a word that typically implies homogenous language, religion, customs and traditions – Hanson clarified her version involved people from different backgrounds, cultures and nations uniting under one set of rules. “It is welcoming. It’s an umbrella which covers all manner of difference. It’s not a dirty word,” she said in the Senate. The Coalition also mopped up its position on the issue on Wednesday, after opposition leader Angus Taylor on Tuesday would not say whether he backed a multicultural vision of Australiaunder repeated questioning. “We need every Australian to believe in our system of law, to believe in our basic freedoms, to believe in our parliamentary democracy, and people have been coming to this country in recent times who do not believe in those things, and that should …

Chris Minns calls for Labor to confront One Nation, brands Pauline ... Chris Minns calls for Labor to confront One Nation, brands Pauline Hanson’s attack on multiculturalism 'utter garbage’ NSW Premier Chris Minns has laid out how he plans to combat the rise of One Nation ahead of the 2027 state election as he branded Pauline Hanson’s criticism of multiculturalism “utter garbage”. Patrick Hannaford Digital Reporter 3 min read June 28, 2026 - 4:37PM Premier Chris Minns has laid out how he plans to combat the rise of One Nation ahead of the state election due in March next year. Pauline Hanson’s party has exploded in popularity since NSW Labor was returned to office, rising from just 1.8 per cent at the 2023 NSW election to 27 per cent in the latest DemosAus/Premier National poll. Asked about the rise on Sunday, Premier Minns said Labor governments at both the state and federal levels have got to be “up for the fight”. “We've got to get into the arm wrestle,” the NSW Labor leader told Sky News Australia’s Sunday Agenda. “I mean, people have got every right to vote for One Nation if they want to. And if they feel that they're the best antidote or the best medicine for what's ailing t…

Pauline Hanson's 2016 maiden speech to the senate: Full transcript Few people get the chance to make a first speech to Parliament, even less manage to deliver two. Loginor signup to continue reading But Pauline Hanson's political comeback puts her in this unique club. She returned to Canberra railing against another minority group. In the 1990s it was Indigenous Australians and Asians she targeted, in 2016 Hanson singled out Muslims. Here is the full transcript of her second maiden speech. First of all, I would like to welcome everyone in this house and thank you for your attendance. It is very much appreciated. When I cast my mind back to the last day on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1998, just prior to the election, I called out across the chamber, 'I will be back!' Those around me cried out, 'No, you won't!' My electorate boundaries were changed, forcing me to stand for the new seat of Blair. Also with the introduction of full preferential voting, this cost me the seat. Although I polled 36 per cent of the primary vote, this was not enough against the Liberals' 21 per cent and Labor's preferences delivering them the seat. It has taken numerous elections, cou…

PAULINE HANSON'S CAREER-FIRST NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEECH: IMMIGRATION AND CULTURE * "Don't expect a divisive Welcome to Country from me" - on how to start a speech. * "We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural" - on firming up English language requirements for migrants. * "I will not walk away from my commitment to get rid of social cancer" - on Muslim hate preachers. * "Other political parties are simply following me" - on Labor and the Liberal vowing to reduce immigration. ENERGY * "The central source of national poverty" - on unaffordable energy, which Senator Hanson proposes to remedy with more coal, gas, and nuclear instead of "net-zero nonsense". * "Put it up on your roofs, I don't care" - on blocking solar panels being built on farmland, along with all wind turbines. ECONOMY * "How can we hold our heads up? ... it's disgraceful, and yet the Albanese Labor government ... floods this country time and time again" - on the cost-of-living crisis and rising indicators of poverty. * "Dr Chalmers has a PhD from ANU, writing about the Keating government. Well, he hasn't learned much" - on national debt sitting at $1 trillion and government spending reaching…

PAULINE HANSON'S CAREER-FIRST NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEECH: IMMIGRATION AND CULTURE * "Don't expect a divisive Welcome to Country from me" - on how to start a speech. * "We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural" - on firming up English language requirements for migrants. * "I will not walk away from my commitment to get rid of social cancer" - on Muslim hate preachers. * "Other political parties are simply following me" - on Labor and the Liberal vowing to reduce immigration. ENERGY * "The central source of national poverty" - on unaffordable energy, which Senator Hanson proposes to remedy with more coal, gas, and nuclear instead of "net-zero nonsense". * "Put it up on your roofs, I don't care" - on blocking solar panels being built on farmland, along with all wind turbines. ECONOMY * "How can we hold our heads up? ... it's disgraceful, and yet the Albanese Labor government ... floods this country time and time again" - on the cost-of-living crisis and rising indicators of poverty. * "Dr Chalmers has a PhD from ANU, writing about the Keating government. Well, he hasn't learned much" - on national debt sitting at $1 trillion and government spending reaching…

Pauline Hanson pledges to end multiculturalism as GetUp claims banner stunt A banner interrupted the senator’s first address at the National Press Club in 30 years, in which she laid out a vision for an Australian "monoculture".

Pauline Hanson has tapped into voter anger but has no credible plans for change, the opposition leader says. The One Nation leader's address to the National Press Club has prompted fierce debate after she took aim at radical Islam, transgender ideology, media outlets that she claimed treated her unfairly and other institutions. Lagging in the polls behind One Nation, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he would not join Senator Hanson in judging people "based on the colour of their skin or their race". The career politician's speech left questions unanswered, Mr Taylor said. "I judge people on their character and their conduct ... if she wants to judge people based on the colour of their skin or their race, One Nation needs to explain that," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday. "Migration in this country has been too high and the standards have been too low, and that must change. "But what we favour is a values-based immigration policy where people who come to this country adopt our core values, and that is regardless of race or religion or where they come from." In her address on Wednesday, Senator Hanson rejected accusations One Nation is a racist party and said it was…