One Nation Says Australia Cannot Be Multicultural, Pledges Crackdown on Islamic Extremism

In her National Press Club address, Pauline Hanson called for an end to mass migration and called Islamic extremism a ’social cancer.’

Conservative-leaning One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia on June 17, 2026. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says Australia cannot be multicultural and has called for a “monocultural” society.

In a fiery address to the National Press Club in Canberra on June 17, Hanson said mass migration was a major cause of the current housing crisis.