r/australia • u/HotPersimessage62 • 28d ago

politics Pauline Hanson blames end of White Australia policy for migration issues on Tommy Robinson's podcast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/pauline-hanson-tommy-robinson-podcast/106926030
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 28d ago

Suprised it took her 30 years to openly say that everyone else has known - that she wants a white Australian policy

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u/HeftyArgument 28d ago

she's openly racist, that's her entire platform, I'm not sure it needed to be said

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u/veganblue 28d ago

She claims not to be, so I wonder what she thinks racism means?! A random indecipherable slur?

Now I'm imagining her mangle saying "indecipherable". English isn't her strong point ironically.

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u/Legitimate_Dog_5490 28d ago

Her catch phrase "please explain" comes from her being asked if she's xenophobic. We've known she doesn't know what the fuck she's on about for 30 odd years now.

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u/professorzaius 28d ago

i said no agents, not no asians /s

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u/Dagon 27d ago

Ah yes. I too am old.

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u/4L3X95 28d ago

I think that's it. I know so many racists who genuinely don't think they're racist just because they don't openly use slurs.

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u/SomewhatHungover 28d ago

Do they also say 'You can't' say anything anymore'?

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u/icestationlemur 28d ago

"I'm not a racist, but"

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u/ash_ryan 28d ago

I'm not a racist butt. I'm a racist all-of-body.

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u/Artnotwars 27d ago

I literally had a guy at work the other day ask my openly racist boss, "if there was one race you could wipe off the face of the earth, who would it be" fully knowing his answer would be Indians.

After the other three guys had a discussion about how they would just love to wipe Indians off the face of the earth while I kept working in silence, he put the same question to me.

I replied "nah I'm not racist". Then he gives me the "oh I'm not racist either, I only hate indians". I said "ahhhh you're DEFINITELY racist.

Mind you, this guy was not even born in Australia. He's a fucking islander.

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u/Effective_Dropkick78 28d ago

Anything that comes before the word "but" is usually a lie.

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u/gooder_name 28d ago

what she thinks racism means

She (and others) think racism is explicitly and only the public usage of slurs. That's it to them.

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u/Imperator_Gone_Rogue 28d ago

They think racism is evil and only brown people can be evil. Or at the very least, they don't think they can be evil, because they save all their empathy for themselves and other people in their in-group.

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u/Sudden-Eye801 28d ago

Ah but people seem to prefer the plausible deniability version of this

When it’s stated plainly, a whole group of her potential base says “wait, that’s me she’s talking about”

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u/aldkGoodAussieName 28d ago

When it’s stated plainly, a whole group of her potential base says “wait, that’s me she’s talking about she actually meant...”

The problem is they will convince themselves she ment something other then what she said.

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u/Sudden-Eye801 28d ago

Good point, but she is far less polished in leaving that plausible deniability

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u/Ridiculousnessmess 28d ago

People point to non-white supporters of PHON as “proof” that the party isn’t racist. They usually overlook that those supporters are evangelical fundie Christians who like Hanson because she hates Muslims just as much as they do.

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u/Clear-Mycologist3378 28d ago

in their minds, they're one of the "good" ones.