Australian Right-Wing Leader Hanson Calls for Slashing Migration
Hanson said immigration has driven housing stress and inflation, while a protest banner interrupted her first National Press Club address.
- 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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View from The Hill: Hanson gets quite a bit off off her chest when she enters the media den
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 …
Australia cannot be a multicultural society and immigration policies have put the country in crisis, Pauline Hanson said on Wednesday, as the right-wing leader enjoys a surge in support for her One Nation party.
Aussie right-wing leader Pauline Hanson says multiculturalism has failed
SYDNEY: Australia cannot be a multicultural society and immigration policies have put the country in crisis, Pauline Hanson said on Wednesday, as the right-wing leader enjoys a surge in support for her One Nation party.
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