<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pauline-hanson-polls-federal-politics-news-behind-one-nation-leader-surge-in-popularity/7f87681d-1ca7-412c-b471-5e5290658e79" rel="" target="_blank" title="One Nation is on the rise"><span>One Nation is on the rise</span></a><span> after decades as a fringe political party and has enjoyed a surge in popularity on the back of criticising the federal government's policies on just about everything from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/immigration" rel="" target="_blank" title="immigration"><span>immigration</span></a><span> to abortion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/pauline-hanson" rel="" target="_blank" title="Pauline Hanson"><span>Pauline Hanson</span></a><span> began One Nation in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="_blank" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> in 1997 after being elected as Oxley MP the previous year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In her controversial and divisive maiden speech to parliament she said she believed Australia was in danger of being "swamped by Asians".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson's opposition to immigration and multiculturalism has remained one of the key pillars of One Nation's electoral campaigns over the past three decades – and it's also among her more controversial policies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pauline-hanson-polls-federal-politics-news-behind-one-nation-leader-surge-in-popularity/7f87681d-1ca7-412c-b471-5e5290658e79" rel="" target="_blank" title="'Reputation' test looming for Hanson as One Nation surges in popularity"><strong><span>'Reputation' test looming for Hanson as One Nation surges in popularity</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Voter support has quickly skyrocketed too – according to the </span><a href="https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/libs-nats-in-freefall-while-hanson-surges-poll-20260201-p5nylo" target="_blank" title="The Australian Financial Review"><em><span>The Australian Financial Review</span></em></a><span>/Redbridge Group/Accent Research survey, One Nation is up from nine per cent to 26 per cent, making it the country's second most popular political party.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation also claims its membership has exploded by 500 per cent since the 2025 federal election.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/pauline-hanson-policies-stance-on-immigration-housing-voting-record-explained/1a21d57d-cddd-4ba5-b1ce-0b564e205b79" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are establishing branches in every federal electorate. High-profile leaders like Barnaby Joyce and Cory Bernardi bring additional strength to the party," a One Nation spokesperson told </span><a href="https://www.nine.com.au/" rel="" target="_blank" title="nine.com.au."><span>nine.com.au.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Australians know exactly where Pauline Hanson stands on the issues which matter most to them, and they're looking for leadership they're not getting from Anthony Albanese or Sussan Ley."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But what exactly does One Nation stand for and what is its plan for Australia?</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Immigration</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson claims on her website that Australia's immigration system is "broken".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson has called on Australia to cut immigration by 570,000 people, to deport visa holders who break the law, to withdraw from the UN Refugee Convention and to deport 75,000 "illegal immigrants".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The One Nation leader has frequently blamed immigration for house prices and wage stagnation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2016, Hanson told the chamber she believed Australia was "in danger of being swamped by Muslims who bear a culture and ideology that is incompatible with our own".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her views have landed her in water in the past; last year, a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pauline-hanson-one-nation-tweet-greens-mehreen-faruqi/289a096d-bd4a-4327-919e-043933795d83" rel="" target="_blank" title="A federal court found Hanson racially discriminated"><span>federal court found Hanson racially discriminated</span></a><span> against Pakistani-born senator Mehreen Faruqi after telling her to "p-- off back to Pakistan".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/not-so-grey-nomads-south-australian-couple-allan-mercer-jess-smith-ditched-mortgage-and-rentals-for-life-on-the-road/c46712f9-d91b-4600-80ae-621757bfed51" rel="" target="_blank" title="Jess and Allan chose a 116,000km trip over a mortgage and have no regrets"><strong><span>Jess and Allan chose a 116,000km trip over a mortgage and have no regrets</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson was also banned from the chamber for seven sitting days after she </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pauline-hanson-wears-burqa-in-senate-chamber/51121432-f745-480c-b655-065a596e726f" rel="" target="_blank" title="appeared in the Senate wearing a burqa, "><span>appeared in the Senate wearing a burqa,</span></a><span> repeating a stunt she pulled in 2017.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson has also voted against several motions for letting families return home from immigration detention, most notably the Biloela family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/heat-rule-australian-council-of-trade-unions-leads-push-for-tradies-to-stop-work-in-extreme-heat/7c21be95-9e1d-4e0a-aab2-bd8eec99867d" target="" title="Why some tradies are calling for work to stop when it hits 29C"><strong><span>Why some tradies are calling for work to stop when it hits 29C</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Housing</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson has proposed an urgent reform of the country's foreign ownership and investment rules.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This would involve banning all foreign purchases of Australian homes and forcing current foreign owners to sell their homes, along with banning the sale of freehold farmland to foreign investors.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The party also claims that slashing immigration by 130,000 visa holders would reduce housing demand.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"With a crucial shortage of housing stock in Australia, we must stop the sale of property to non-residents and non-citizens," Hanson states on her website.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The party has called for a five-year GST moratorium on building materials for new homes valued up to $1 million.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation said it is also committed to "removing mandatory disability compliance requirements for all new homes".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson has previously blamed immigration levels and foreign students as the root cause of Australia's skyrocketing house prices.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the same time, Hanson has repeatedly voted against measures to increase housing affordability, including the Help to Buy Bill in 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Free speech</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson has warned Labor's hate speech laws, passed in the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack, are "dangerous" and claimed the legislation threatens the right to freedom of expression.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation states that it wants to enshrine "open debate, free expression, and the rights of all Australians to speak their minds without fear" in the constitution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will push for constitutional protection of free speech and work to repeal any laws or government bodies that restrict it," the party states on its website.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Censorship, speech regulations, and bureaucratic overreach that silence Australians will be dismantled."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>EPSTEIN FILES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bill-gates-epstein-files-melinda-gates-responds-to-latest-mentions/3d89f996-5943-42d6-a0be-12e57c1e8cb0" target="_blank"><strong><span>Melinda Gates says ex-husband Bill Gates 'needs to answer questions'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Cost of living and tax</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson's cost-of-living proposals are mostly targeted at immediate, short-term relief for households.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This includes electricity bill reductions, fuel price relief and permanently scrapping the excise tax on beer and spirits in pubs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"One Nation continues to develop and update policies on the issues which matter, releasing our signature energy policy to dismantle net zero and reduce energy prices in December last year– rising energy costs are the single biggest factor in the rising cost of living," a One Nation spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation has also claimed Medicare is being "rorted" by billions of dollars and wants to crack down on fraud.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The party has previously spoken about its plan to simplify income tax and lower the corporate tax rate in Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One proposed tax cut is to help out families with children to allow couples to split their income across two tax returns, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/australia-tax-reform-need-explained-pauline-hanson-australia-institute/edeaa8c4-71ad-4e8e-8337-4612850419a4" rel="" target="_blank" title="thereby reducing their tax bill."><span>thereby reducing their tax bill.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This proposal was swiftly criticised for only targeting high-income earners.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Climate</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson has called for Australia to pull out of the Paris Agreement, claiming carbon emission cuts are "economic suicide".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The One Nation leader has also denied climate change is man-made, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The One Nation senator claims to back a scientific approach to climate change, but at the same time denies there is evidence to prove that global warming is the catastrophe that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says it is.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson has generally voted against climate change mitigation strategies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Abortion</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation describes itself as "pro-life".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson said her party wants to roll back abortion laws in Australia, including reducing the gestational limit for abortions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She also wants to reinstate a doctor's right to a "full conscientious objection" to abortion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Gun ownership</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New England MP Barnaby Joyce, who joined Hanson's One Nation party in December, opposed the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hate-speech-laws-to-pass-parliament-after-opposition/5b4cc434-af15-4006-b3cf-aff9c26fa095" rel="" target="_blank" title="new gun laws introduced by the federal government in the wake of the Bondi shooting."><span>new gun laws introduced by the federal government in the wake of the Bondi shooting.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hanson was not in the Senate chamber for the vote due to her ban.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We won't allow Labor to scapegoat lawful firearm owners for Anthony Albanese's failure to allow radical Islam and antisemitism to go unchecked and unchallenged in Australia," a One Nation spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The party says it supports "responsible gun ownership".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do not believe that further stringent measures or regulations are required regarding licensing," One Nation's website reads.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"One Nation calls for stricter border security and tougher sentencing for gun crimes and traffickers."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a 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