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Pauline Hanson’s speech ‘shameful’ and echoed ‘rubbish’ from rightwing figures in UK and US, critics say

17 June 2026 at 16:00

Labor minister says Australians would lose their jobs and wages would go down if One Nation’s policies became law

Pauline Hanson has been roundly condemned for her National Press Club speech, with advocacy groups accusing the One Nation leader of using “hatred for political gain” while the Greens say Hanson is echoing “rubbish” lines from rightwing figures in the UK and US.

In Hanson’s first address after 20 years in politics, the leader claimed transgender ideology “has penetrated almost every regulatory authority”.

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© Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

Channelling Trump and deriding journalists: five key moments from Pauline Hanson’s Press Club speech

One Nation leader uses platform to rail against multiculturalism, the media and the climate change ‘hoax’

A nationally televised address to the National Press Club was perhaps the clearest proof yet of Pauline Hanson’s arrival in the mainstream of Australian politics.

The One Nation leader used the platform to rail against multiculturalism, the climate change “hoax” and the media in a speech that was interrupted by a protest highlighting her opposition to wage rises for the lowest-paid workers.

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One in six Britons think growth of Muslim population is ‘threat to UK culture’, study finds

Majority say Muslims are as British as white non-Muslims, but hostile attitudes at risk of being normalised, says thinktank

One in six Britons believe the growth of the Muslim population “poses a foundational threat to UK culture”, with hostile attitudes towards Muslims at risk of being normalised, a study has found.

The study by the social integration thinktank British Future and the British Muslim Trust – the government’s official partner in monitoring Islamophobia – found that most Muslims (73%) think the UK is a good place to be Muslim, and that a majority of Britons (52%) believe Muslims are as British as white non-Muslims.

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