Live: Hanson says daughter Lee is the 'future', has 'potential' to run One Nation

Pauline Hanson says her daughter Lee Hanson is the "future" and has the "potential" to lead One Nation.

Follow all the updates in our live blog.

Collapse all posts

Filter Posts

All

6

Key Events

5

Key Event

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 8:29am

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 8:29am

Hanson boasts about not getting COVID-19 vaccine, says Sky News gives her a 'good run'

By Joshua Boscaini

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she won't give up and that she's optimistic about the future of Australia.

In concluding her podcast appearance, Hanson says she wants to make a difference and help keep government out of peoples' lives.

"If I'm going on the way to glory, Australia's going to be a glory too because it's going to be a different Australia," Hanson says.

Hanson has also made a foray into the COVID-19 vaccine debate, and boasted that she told people not to get the vaccine during the pandemic.

That's despite official health advice saying the vaccine is the best protection against severe illness and death from coronavirus.

"I didn't get it [the COVID-19 vaccine]. I told everyone don't put that s**t into your body," Hanson says.

"I said in on TV numerous times, I told them."

Asked if there is alternative media in Australia, Hanson says the News Corp-owned Sky News "give us a good run" and says "they're good".

She says podcasts, such as the one started by former Today breakfast host Karl Stefanovic, is tapping into the people's sentiment and says the current mainstream media is losing ratings.

"I don't care about the media, so I don't put up with them anymore. People are waking up."

And that's the end of Pauline Hanson's appearance on the Tommy Robinson podcast.

Key Event

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 8:09am

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 8:09am

Hanson says she's banned ABC, says Channel Nine has become 'woke'

By Joshua Boscaini

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she has banned the ABC because she says she thinks the public broadcaster is "bias".

Hanson has also criticised Channel Nine, saying the network has become "woke" in the last few years and has stopped having her on their programs.

"I banned them, the ABC, I banned them in 1996 for eight months from any of my meetings, and I've done it recently too," she says.

"If you cannot tell the truth and if you want to cut and splice what I'm saying, don't come near me again. I'm not interested. I don't need their publicity."

The One Nation leader says she connects with her supporters through Facebook and through in-person meetings.

Key Event

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:55am

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:55am

Hanson says she would impose ban on immigration from 'radical Islamic countries'

By Joshua Boscaini

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she'll stop immigration from "radical Islamic countries" and ban the burka in Australia.

Speaking on Tommy Robinson's podcast, Hanson says she would introduce a ban, similar to that of the United States, on migration from selected Muslim-majority countries.

After returning to office, US President Donald Trump imposed a ban on citizens from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

She has also suggested that, under a government led by her, One Nation would remove religious clerics "spewing hate speech". "Pull them up, stop them," she says.

But she has admitted that she couldn't do that if the clerics were Australian citizens.

She has turned her attention to Muslim immigrants having children.

"They are having children because, you know what, in the Koran, it says Allah will provide; well, the Allah providing is the taxpayer.

"Well, guess what, I've had enough."

Key Event

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:44am

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:44am

Hanson claims 'a lot' of migrants are moving to Australia 'purely' for the welfare system

By Joshua Boscaini

We're still getting through Pauline Hanson's interview with Tommy Robinson and she's touched on immigration and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Hanson says while many post-World War II migrants from Europe who came to Australia didn't speak English, they "assimilated" into Australia.

She says that changed in 1973 when the Australian government officially ended the White Australia policy under Gough Whitlam.

"They opened it up and got rid of the White Australia policy, then they started bringing in the different migrants," Hanson says.

Hanson says over the decades "a lot" of people have migrated to Australia "purely" for the welfare system or to move onto the NDIS.

The One Nation leader has claimed, without providing evidence, that a lot of the people moving onto the NDIS are "from the Muslim areas", but says Australians have as well.

She has claimed that she approached the former opposition leader with concerns that there is Sharia law in Australia.

"I said we've got Sharia law that's happening in Australia, I said they're getting married, multiple marriages and I said then they're having their kids and we're supporting them," she says.

"With me, I'm not going to allow that to go on, I'll stop it."

Key Event

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:11am

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:11am

'She is the future': Hanson talks daughter's future in One Nation in new podcast

By Joshua Boscaini

Pauline Hanson has declared her daughter, Lee Hanson, has the "potential" to lead One Nation, but says she will have to prove herself.

The One Nation leader made the comments in a podcast released early this morning with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Hanson recently visited the UK on a trip where she met with Robinson, a prominent anti-Islam and anti-migration activist who has been convicted of fraud, assault and has been jailed.

The One Nation says her daughter gets it and is "frightened" about where Australia is going and that her daughter has expressed an interest in entering politics.

"She's the future. She's, I'm, I'm like this, [slaps fist] this me. Whereas she's got the softer approach," Hanson says.

Asked by Robinson if her daughter could be a future leader of One Nation, Hanson says she has the potential but needs to prove herself.

"She's got the potential but I don't believe in nepotism an she has to prove herself not only to me, but also to the other members and to the public and everything like that. That's something she has to earn."

The podcast was published not long ago so we're still working through it. We'll bring you any other important parts of the as soon as we get across them!

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:06am

Fri 17 Jul 2026 at 7:06am

Good morning 👋

By Joshua Boscaini

Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog. It's FRIYAAYYYYYYY which means it's nearly the weekend. We're nearly there! Thanks for joining me!

I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all o today's federal politics news.

Pauline Hanson has declared her daughter Lee Hanson is the "future" and has the "potential" to lead One Nation.

The One Nation leader made the comments in a podcast with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson following the Queensland senator's recent trip to the UK.

Let's get right into the day!