‘We cannot be a multicultural society’: Hanson
Hanson says Australia must be “monocultural” and calls multiculturalism a “failed policy”.
She tells the press club that according to the 2021 census, 23% of people in Australia spoke a language other than English at home – the most common being Mandarin. Arabic. She asks how Australia can “generate social cohesion if people can’t speak the language?” (Might point out here that just because a different language is spoken at home. doesn’t mean the person can’t speak multiple languages.)
double quotation mark At the centre of this crisis is the utterly flawed policy of multiculturalism. We cannot be a multicultural society. We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural. Australians must live under the one cultural umbrella.
Hanson particularly targets Muslims.
She points to the Bondi terror attack. the return of women and children from Syrian detention camps as events that have led to One Nation’s support sky rocketing.
double quotation mark I am not frightened and nor is One Nation. There is no room for hate preachers in this country.
Renewable energy, as we know, is also on Hanson’s policy hit list, though she says she’s not completely opposed to it –. that everyone should “share the wealth that is under our feet” (i.e mining).
She says the government should stop “propping up” renewable projects. other projects like hydrogen (which the government has been scaling back on).
She also says. One Nation will back nuclear (which – though not new – is somewhat interesting seeing how the policy backfired against the Coalition at the last election).
double quotation mark Our energy crisis is a product of failed energy policy;. this policy was supported years ago by major political parties and the big media giants. I have always opposed it. Ford and Holden closed their factories more than a decade ago, for one simple reason, the cost of production.
One Nation says. the energy transition has been devastating to the country – read this from my colleague Adam Morton:
Pauline Hanson’s address interrupted by protesters
Hanson turns to the rising cost of living
One Nation leader cites survey data from the Salvation Army. found that 19% of those surveyed said they’d eaten food from rubbish bins in the past 12 months while 60% said they’d eaten expired or spoiled food.
Just a note here, the Salvation Army surveyed 4,400 Australians seeking emergency relief support from the charity.
But she pins the blame on the high cost of energy and renewables.
We’re already 20 minutes through her address. just halfway through her speech (which was dropped to the media a few minutes before she began). It means that there won’t be as much time for questions from journalists.
She promises to slash any support for the renewable energy industry:
double quotation mark Because individuals. businesses are suffering from this net zero nonsense, the government shovels out millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money just to justify their failing energy policy. Let me make no apology.
One Nation will end this renewable energy bribery – grants. tax incentives, concessional finance, even the government underwriting anything that sponsors the whole net zero hoax.
Pauline Hanson ’s address to the National Press Club has been disrupted by a banner. called out One Nation’s opposition to an increase to the minimum wage for Australian households.
While the One Nation leader was speaking, the banner appeared behind her on the stage in an apparent stunt.
It read: “I opposed a pay rise for workers”
Press Club staff tore the banner down while Hanson continued with her speech.
‘Other political parties are simply following me’
Hanson claims credit for the Coalition’s focus on immigration, and says other political parties are following her.
double quotation mark The press might consider reflecting on this. better consider why more Australians trust One Nation on immigration policy than anyone else. The story is simple, my views haven’t changed. Other political parties are simply following me.
She promises to tackle “radical Islam” and calls it “incompatible with Australian values and our way of life.”
It looks like some protesters have gotten into the club – we’ll have details from Tom McIlroy who’s in the room in a second.
‘We cannot be a multicultural society’: Hanson
Hanson says Australia must be “monocultural” and calls multiculturalism a “failed policy”.
She tells the press club that according to the 2021 census, 23% of people in Australia spoke a language other than English at home – the most common being Mandarin. Arabic. She asks how Australia can “generate social cohesion if people can’t speak the language?” (Might point out here that just because a different language is spoken at home. doesn’t mean the person can’t speak multiple languages.)
double quotation mark At the centre of this crisis is the utterly flawed policy of multiculturalism. We cannot be a multicultural society. We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural. Australians must live under the one cultural umbrella.
Hanson particularly targets Muslims.
She points to the Bondi terror attack. the return of women and children from Syrian detention camps as events that have led to One Nation’s support sky rocketing.
double quotation mark I am not frightened and nor is One Nation. There is no room for hate preachers in this country.
Hanson begins address by attacking immigration and the housing crisis
Pauline Hanson begins saying don’t expect a “divisive welcome to country” from her, setting up the tone for her address. She acknowledges veterans, Australians born here and those who have arrived.
“The public are sick and tired of being ignored,” Hanson says, and says the problems are: immigration and housing.
No surprises here, immigration is Hanson’s bread and butter issue, and has been since she first joined parliament in 1996.
double quotation mark Unsustainable demand is being driven by several factors, but the biggest is high immigration.
Net overseas migration in the first three years under this Albanese Labor government has totalled 1.27 million people.
Undeniably immigration or immigration policy has our country in the state of crisis.
Let’s do a quick fact check here. Hanson speaks a lot about unsustainable immigration or mass migration. So what is net overseas migration, and what are the actual number? You can take a look below:
Full house at National Press Club
Pauline Hanson has packed out the National Press Club in Canberra. with a long list of journalists hoping to ask questions of the One Nation leader.
Hanson is accompanied by her chief strategist James Ashby, as well as parliamentary colleagues including Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Roberts, Sean Bell. Tyrone Whitten.
There are many business lobbyists in the room. with the crowd described as one of the biggest at the Press Club in recent years.
About 40 protesters gathered outside the club, protesting One Nation’s policies.
Good afternoon. Krishani Dhanji here to take you through One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson ’s address at the National Press Club in Canberra. Protesters are already outside the club’s entrance. Hanson will speak for around half an hour, and then 30 to 40 minutes of questions. The press club president, Tom Connell from Sky News, is moderating today. We know Hanson. her colleagues have said some pretty inflammatory things in the past (to say the least), and could say more today so please take care of yourselves. We’ll be keeping a close eye on what she says,. will have fact checks handy to call out any misinformation. Stay with us, it’s going to be a roller coaster ride (probably).
Alrighty. Krishani Dhanji is up on deck in Canberra to cover all things Pauline Hanson during her address to the National Press Club. You’re in good hands.
Hanson announces plan to halve tobacco excise
One Nation wants to cut the tobacco excise by 50%. freeze indexation until mid-2028 to address the ballooning illegal cigarette market.
Pauline Hanson announced the policy before her appearance at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday afternoon.
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released this month showed the amount of nicotine consumed around the country had soared by 40% in the eight years to 2025. driven in part by surging illegal tobacco sales.
In a post to social media, Hanson said:
double quotation mark One Nation will cut the tobacco excise by 50%,. freeze indexation until 30 June 2028 (with an option to review and extend). This will reduce the retail price of tobacco products by around 35% (about $17 off a pack of 20 cigarettes).
The aim is to reduce the incentive for consumers to go to the black market. This would improve consumer. business safety, reduce the black market and related criminal activity to manageable levels for law enforcement agencies, and potentially reverse the decline in government revenue.
Sydney pool to be renamed after late Richard Scolyer
Sydney’s Inner West Council will rename a popular public pool after the late Richard Scolyer, the cancer researcher. former Australian of the year who died this month at 59.
The pool at Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre will be renamed in Scolyer’s memory. The centre is in the middle of a $55m renovation. is one of the city’s most visited, seeing around 760,000 patrons each year.
Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne wrote on Instagram:
double quotation mark The Inner West community, like all Australians, wants to honour the bravery. compassion with which Professor Scolyer lived his life.
Richard’s incredible medical achievements were matched by his passion for sport. exercise which he maintained to the very last days of his life.
The Richard Scolyer Aquatic Centre will be a fitting local reminder of his incredible legacy.
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Tasmanian devil, Mary, found after escaping theme park
Mary, the Tasmanian devil missing for two weeks after escaping a Gold Coast theme park, has been found –. taken to a veterinary hospital in an unstable condition.
The carnivorous marsupial escaped a quarantine facility in Paradise Country in the early morning dark of 2 June – with zookeepers believing an “abnormally large leap” saw her clear a fence.
CCTV cameras captured Mary skulking around deserted grounds at 4am that morning before she disappeared.
The devil on the lam evaded the park’s wildlife team scouring the area alongside a drone operator with thermal imaging capabilities for a fortnight. until she was found last night in an area of bushland just off Kopps Road, under two kilometres from the park.
A spokesperson for Village Roadshow Theme Parks said she was discovered in an unstable condition. was rushed to a specialist veterinary hospital.
“Mary is currently stable. remaining in the veterinary hospital to allow specialists to conduct further diagnostic testing,” the spokesperson said.
Former Star boss fined $700,000 for ignoring criminal risks
The former chief of Star has been fined $700,000 for ignoring criminal risks from overseas gamblers after a judge slashed the sought penalty due to a previous lenient deal. AAP reports.
Former Star chief executive Matthias Bekier failed to inform the company’s board of suspicious conduct committed by Chinese junket operator Suncity in 2018. 2019, the federal court found in March. Bekier. former Star general counsel Paula Martin were successfully sued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for breaches of their duties.
On Wednesday. justice Michael Lee imposed the penalty on Bekier, finding the casino boss headed an organisation that had been allowed to operate despite its inherent risks as long as it remained vigilant.
The casino’s corporate governance failures emerged because its overseers didn’t “blow the trumpet” when they saw “the sword coming”. he added.
The judge also hit Martin with a fine of $400,000. Bekier was banned from managing corporations for six years while Martin was banned for seven years.
Lawyers for Asic originally sought a $1.3m fine against Bekier. a $1.1m fine against Martin at a hearing in May.
A rat sighting in New Zealand can trigger an urgent response. Meet the ‘ghostbusters’ hunting them down
In many places around the world, discovering a rat in your garden would barely register a second thought.
But in parts of New Zealand. a single rat, possum or stoat can trigger an urgent response, as the country embarks on a world-leading project to eradicate introduced predators by 2050 to save its unique wildlife from further decimation.
Wellington resident Davin Hall knows first-hand. In March he noticed large tunnels cutting through the compost bin at his home. He suspected a rat. after two weeks of trying to catch the pest, he called in the cavalry: a team of pest-catchers who will try all methods possible to hunt down and kill a single rat.
“It’s kind of like this idea of Ghostbusters,” says James Willcocks. project director at Predator Free Wellington, which hunts down pests in the New Zealand capital.
Just a heads up that Pauline Hanson will speak at the National Press Club in Canberra today, starting at 12.30pm.
Political blogger extraordinaire Krishani Dhanji will step in and be with you for commentary on her remarks.
Albanese says watching State of Origin tonight ‘much more fulfilling’ than Hanson at Press Club
Anthony Albanese was asked if One Nation was ready to govern amid a surge in polling. ahead of Pauline Hanson’s address to the National Press Club today.
The prime minister had this to say:
double quotation mark One thing that we know is that the questions that I hope are asked at the Press Club. is why is it that One Nation is opposed to all of the cost-of-living measures that my government has put in place. …
Well, what we’ve done in difficult economic circumstances is to make sure that we continue to prioritise cost-of-living measures. That’s what good government looks like.
When asked if he would tune in, Albanese said he had a “busy day” ahead.
double quotation mark I’ll leave that to the media … I’ll be watching the State of Origin tonight. And I’m sure that will be much more fulfilling.
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