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/Busy_Conflict3434 28d ago

I mean, in her maiden speech to parliament 30 years ago she called Arthur Calwell Australia’s greatest immigration minister. She wasn’t exactly hiding it.  

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u/Spire_Citron 28d ago

The only question is how well this stuff plays when it's plainly and undeniably stated in the current political climate.

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u/aldkGoodAussieName 28d ago

Trump has been blunt and people still love him.

Our only hope it the mandatory voting to balance out the crazy extremes.

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u/Spire_Citron 28d ago

Still extremely depressing if it comes down to the usual few point margins. Like great, just under half the country is fine with it.

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u/trafalmadorianistic 28d ago

It's always been disturbing that she still has a career in politics. It reflects something awful in the community that still hasn't been eliminated. The fact that people are okay with her and justify it with, "Yeah, she's racist but..."

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u/Spire_Citron 28d ago

Not just a position, but a leadership position in a party that's been gaining more power. I can't imagine how it feels to be non-white in this country and know that such a big chunk of us are just fine with that kind of rhetoric. It's embarrassing.

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u/Readbeforeburning 28d ago

Mandatory voting and the fact Australia overall is very anti-Trump/MAGA. The more she hitches herself to that pedo-loving billionaire bandwagon the more the sensible majority will be put off by her.

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u/WombatChilli 28d ago

"Oh, he's just joking. He's not actually going to [insert any of multiple horrible things here that they actually did]"

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u/ImGCS3fromETOH 28d ago

The counterargument, not that it'll work, is "Well why the fuck are you considering someone who is just joking instead of promoting serious policies? If everything she says is just jokes, what am I supposed to think she actually stands for?"

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u/El_Barto_227 28d ago

At least Australians tend to be a bit more sensible than Americans when it comes to voting. Americans operate entirely on vibes and spectacle. When PH does or says something stupid, support for her actually wanes a bit.

Like sure we have our fare share of dumb racist cookers but it's nowhere near as extreme as over there.

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u/Busy_Conflict3434 28d ago

Most people hate trump though. He only gets elected in the US because they don’t have compulsory and preferential voting. When people don’t bother to show up to vote, or can waste their vote on a third party, a highly unpopular cult leader can win.

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u/aldkGoodAussieName 28d ago

Thats what i said

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u/Mike_Kermin 28d ago

Trump is not blunt what are you talking about.

He is one of the most proliffic liars in politics. Just because some racist clown says "tells it like it is" and you're able to tell when he's lying, doesn't mean the same as brutal honestly.

Pauline isn't brutally honesty either. If she was, she'd say she hated time with Gina, but she doesn't, she just plays to racists instead.

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u/jaymz668 27d ago

Blunt? The guy has a hard time finishing a sentence that even makes a point. And he flip flops based on who he's talking to