Australian Right-Wing Leader Hanson Calls for Slashing Migration
Hanson said One Nation would cut migration sharply, arguing 1.27 million arrivals in three years have worsened housing pressure.
- On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Australian Senator and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addressed the National Press Club in Canberra, calling for a 'monocultural society' and blaming immigration for the nation's housing crisis.
- One Nation has surged in polls over the past year as Australians face resurgent inflation, higher interest rates, and fuel costs linked to the Iran war, conditions Hanson blamed on immigration and green energy costs.
- Hanson, 72, pledged to 'slash' migration, specifically restricting entry from places 'immersed in extremism like radical Islam,' while nearly one-third of Australia's 28 million population was born overseas.
- An opinion poll for the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday showed Hanson overtaking Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as Australians' preferred leader, with media outlets comparing One Nation's rise to Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
- Prime Minister Albanese recently criticized the rise of populism as 'simplistic grievance-based politics' reactive to economic struggles, while Labor has sought to ease housing affordability through tax reforms and temporary fuel excise cuts.
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