Editing Pauline Hanson (section)

==Views==
Despite Hanson's repeated denials of charges of racism,<ref>AAP, and Glenda Kwek. "I'm Not a Racist, Says Pauline Hanson." ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Fairfax Media, 9 March 2011. Web. 8 August 2016.  {{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/state-election-2011/im-not-a-racist-says-pauline-hanson-20110308-1bn04.html |title=I'm not a racist, says Pauline Hanson |access-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807124338/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/state-election-2011/im-not-a-racist-says-pauline-hanson-20110308-1bn04.html |archive-date=7 August 2016 |date=8 March 2011 }}</ref> her views on race, immigration, and Islam have been discussed widely in Australia. In her maiden speech to Parliament in 1996, Hanson appealed to economically disadvantaged white Australians by expressing dissatisfaction with government policy on indigenous affairs.<ref name="Hanson-1996"/> Following Hanson's maiden speech her views received negative coverage across Asian news media in 1996, and Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister [[Tim Fischer]] criticised the race "debate" initiated by Hanson, saying it was putting Australian exports and jobs at risk.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/122189/jcudev_012863.pdf |author=Stephen W. Litvin |title=Tourism and Politics: The impact of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party on Australian visitor arrivals |journal=The Journal of Tourism Studies |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=124–133 |date=May 2003 |access-date=4 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222084052/https://www.jcu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/122189/jcudev_012863.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> Other ministers and state and territory leaders followed Fischer's lead in criticising Hanson.<ref name="Ward-1997a"/>

In 1998, the resurgence of popularity of Hanson was met with disappointment in Asian media.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/i-remember-how-pauline-hanson-sent-a-wave-of-anxiety-through-asia-20-years-ago-2016-7 |title=I remember how Pauline Hanson sent a wave of anxiety through Asia 20 years ago |author=Chris Pash |publisher=Businessinsider.com.au |date=4 July 2016 |access-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818045842/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/i-remember-how-pauline-hanson-sent-a-wave-of-anxiety-through-asia-20-years-ago-2016-7 |archive-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> Her resignation from politics in 2002 was met with support from academics, politicians and the press across Asia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s458405.htm |author=Michael Vincent |title=Reaction in Asia to Pauline Hanson's resignation |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=15 January 2002 |access-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910194803/http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s458405.htm |archive-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> In 2004, Hanson appeared on the nationally televised [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] interview show ''[[Enough Rope]]'', where her views were challenged.<ref name="ABC-2004"/>

Hanson is opposed to same-sex marriage and voted against it in the Senate.<ref>{{cite news |last= Gartrell |first= Adam |date= 24 September 2026 |title= Pauline Hanson tells same-sex couples where to go |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/84627971/pauline-hanson-tells-samesex-couples-where-to-go |work= Stuff |access-date= 13 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Bickers |first= Claire |date= 28 November 2017 |title= Pauline Hanson makes speech about same-sex marriage in Parliament |url= https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/pauline-hanson-makes-speech-about-samesex-marriage-in-parliament/news-story/e1620b08e7f2e4e86fcfdca2c624fa99 |work= news.com.au |access-date= 13 March 2025}}</ref>

===Policies===
====Anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalism====
In her maiden speech, Hanson proposed a drastic reduction in immigration with particular reference to immigrants from Asia. Hanson criticised the [[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission]] (ATSIC).<ref>{{cite web|title=Revisit Pauline Hanson's infamous maiden speech {{!}} Guide|date=19 July 2016|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2016/07/19/revisit-pauline-hansons-infamous-maiden-speech|publisher=SBS Australia|access-date=13 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815141929/http://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2016/07/19/revisit-pauline-hansons-infamous-maiden-speech|archive-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> Condemning [[Multiculturalism in Australia|multiculturalism]], One Nation has railed against government immigration and multicultural policies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.australianpolitics.com/parties/onenation/immigration-policy-98.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629143605/http://www.australianpolitics.com/parties/onenation/immigration-policy-98.shtml|url-status=dead|title=One Nation's Immigration, Population and Social Cohesion Policy 1998|archivedate=29 June 2011|accessdate=9 January 2025}}</ref>

After Hanson was elected to Parliament in 1996, journalist [[Tracey Curro]] asked her on ''[[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]]'' whether she was [[xenophobia|xenophobic]]. Hanson replied, "Please explain?"<ref>{{cite web |title=60 Minutes: The Hanson Phenomenon |url=http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the-hanson-phenomenon/xt9vsdn |date=13 October 1996 |access-date=25 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222023519/http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the-hanson-phenomenon/xt9vsdn |archive-date=22 December 2011}}</ref> This response became a much-parodied [[catchphrase]] within Australian culture and was included in the title of the 2016 [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] documentary film ''[[Pauline Hanson: Please Explain!]]''.

In 2006, Hanson stated that African immigrants were bringing diseases into Australia and were of "no benefit to this country whatsoever". She also stated her opposition to Muslim immigration.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/hanson-turns-on-diseased-africans/2006/12/06/1165081010724.html|title=Hanson turns on 'diseased' Africans|access-date=22 November 2010|date=6 December 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807011723/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/hanson-turns-on-diseased-africans/2006/12/06/1165081010724.html|archive-date=7 August 2010}}</ref> Ten years after her maiden speech, its effects were still being discussed within a racism framework,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=1590|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228084318/http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=1590|url-status=dead|title=10 years after Pauline Hanson's maiden speech, still lessons to be learned (September 13, 2006)|archivedate=28 February 2009|website=www.ajn.com.au|accessdate=9 January 2025}}</ref> and were included in resources funded by the Queensland Government on "Combating racism in Queensland".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/history/timeline/period/Transforming-Multiculturalism/screen/9.Combating-racism-in-Queensland |title=Combating racism in Queensland |publisher=Multiculturalaustralia.edu.au |access-date=9 July 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716111409/http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/history/timeline/period/Transforming-Multiculturalism/screen/9.Combating-racism-in-Queensland |archive-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> In 2007, Hanson publicly backed [[Kevin Andrews (Australian politician)|Kevin Andrews]], then [[Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Australia)|Minister for Immigration]] under John Howard, in his views about African migrants and crime.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heywood |first=Lachlan |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22535794-2,00.html |title=Pauline Hanson backs Kevin Andrews on migrants |publisher=News.com.au |date=5 October 2007 |access-date=9 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228093206/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C22535794-2%2C00.html |archive-date=28 February 2009}}</ref>

====Islam====
In 2015, Hanson claimed that [[Halal certification in Australia]] was funding terrorism.<ref>{{cite news|title=How does Halal Certification work?|url=http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2015/s4215794.htm|access-date=12 August 2016|date=13 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802115516/http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2015/s4215794.htm|archive-date=2 August 2016}}</ref> After the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], Hanson called for a [[Muslim immigration ban|ban on Muslim immigration]] to Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/racist-redhead-redneck-pauline-hanson-cops-spray-in-cairns-20160717-gq7e82.html |title= 'Racist redhead redneck': Pauline Hanson cops spray in Cairns |access-date= 2 August 2018 |date= 17 July 2016 |archive-date= 2 August 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180802131954/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/racist-redhead-redneck-pauline-hanson-cops-spray-in-cairns-20160717-gq7e82.html |url-status= live }}</ref><!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-14/election-live-blog-june-14/7506754|title=Election live: Malcolm Turnbull pledges 'zero tolerance' for anti-gay preacher|last=Ross|first=Monique|date=14 June 2016|work=ABC News|access-date=14 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613234602/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-14/election-live-blog-june-14/7506754|archive-date=13 June 2016}}</ref> The same year, Hanson announced several policies, including a ban on building new mosques until a [[royal commission]] into whether Islam is a religion or a political ideology has been held, and installing [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]] cameras in all existing mosques.<ref>Doherty, Ben. "Pauline Hanson Publicly Derided as 'racist Redneck' by Indigenous Activist." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 16 July 2016. Web. 8 August 2016. {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/17/pauline-hanson-publicly-derided-as-racist-redneck-by-indigenous-activist |title=Pauline Hanson publicly derided as 'racist redneck' by Indigenous activist |access-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718142319/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/17/pauline-hanson-publicly-derided-as-racist-redneck-by-indigenous-activist |archive-date=18 July 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 July 2016 |last1=Doherty |first1=Ben }}</ref> She has called for a [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on accepting Muslim immigrants into Australia.<ref>Reynolds, Emma. "Hanson's Argument on Islam, Fact Checked." News.com.au. N.p., 18 July 2016. Web. 8 August 2016. {{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/pauline-hansons-claims-on-islam-broken-down/news-story/d7ad1647435a81cd81a6a1f7c7b92229 |title=Hanson's argument on Islam, fact checked |newspaper=News.com.au |access-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818090113/http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/pauline-hansons-claims-on-islam-broken-down/news-story/d7ad1647435a81cd81a6a1f7c7b92229 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |date=19 July 2016 |last1=Reynolds |first1=Emma }}</ref> In her 2016 maiden speech in the Senate, she said that "We are in danger of being swamped by Muslims who bear a culture and ideology that is incompatible with our own" and that they should "[[Go back to where you came from|go back to where [they] came from]]", and called for banning Muslim migration.<ref name="Norman-2016"/> The speech prompted a walkout by Senate members of the [[Australian Greens]].<ref name="Norman-2016">{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-14/one-nation-senator-pauline-hanson-makes-first-speech-to-senate/7845150 |title=Pauline Hanson calls for Muslim immigration ban in maiden speech to Senate – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=14 September 2016 |access-date=14 March 2019|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113155531/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-14/one-nation-senator-pauline-hanson-makes-first-speech-to-senate/7845150 |archive-date=13 November 2016 |first1=Jane |last1=Norman}}</ref>

After the [[January 2017 Melbourne car attack]], Hanson repeated her stance on banning Muslims from entering Australia. In a live interview after the attack, she stated: "all terrorist attacks in this country have been by Muslims", on which she was corrected by a journalist.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Butler|first=Josh|date=24 January 2017|title=How The Bourke Street Rampage Was Quickly Claimed To Be 'Islamic Terrorism'|language=en-AU|work=Huffington Post|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/01/23/how-the-bourke-street-rampage-was-quickly-claimed-to-be-islamic_a_21660437/|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023223013/https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/01/23/how-the-bourke-street-rampage-was-quickly-claimed-to-be-islamic_a_21660437/|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, the [[Islamic Council of Victoria]] asked for a public apology for Hanson's statement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pauline Hanson Should Apologise For Her Irresponsible Statements |url=https://www.icv.org.au/pauline-hanson-irresponsible-statements/ |date=22 January 2017 |publisher=Islamic Council of Victoria |access-date=13 March 2019 |archive-date=14 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314034214/http://www.icv.org.au/pauline-hanson-irresponsible-statements/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 24 March 2017, after the [[2017 Westminster attack]], Hanson made an announcement in a video posted to social media, holding up a piece of paper with her own proposed hash tag “#Pray4MuslimBan”. “That is how you solve the problem, put a ban on it and then let’s deal with the issues here”, she said.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Put a ban on it': Pauline Hanson calls for Muslim faith to be banned|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/put-a-ban-on-it-pauline-hanson-calls-for-muslim-faith-to-be-banned|access-date=26 January 2021|website=SBS News|language=en|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131112839/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/put-a-ban-on-it-pauline-hanson-calls-for-muslim-faith-to-be-banned|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 22 June 2017, Hanson moved a motion in the [[Australian Senate]] calling on the government to respond to the [[Halal certification in Australia|Halal inquiry]]. The motion was passed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-senator-pauline-hanson-halal-label-food-muslim-one-nation-islam-slaughter-certified-a7810776.html|title=Australia politician wins backing for clearer halal labelling on food|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=27 June 2017|access-date=9 July 2022|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709120514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-senator-pauline-hanson-halal-label-food-muslim-one-nation-islam-slaughter-certified-a7810776.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia |title=Motions - Food Certification |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/d8168954-ba68-4fca-9854-908971f0f4c9/&sid=0063 |house=House of Representatives |date=22 June 2017 |speaker=Pauline Hanson |position=Senator for Queensland }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524201338/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/d8168954-ba68-4fca-9854-908971f0f4c9/&sid=0063 |date=24 May 2022 }}</ref>

On 17 August 2017, Hanson wore a [[burqa]] onto the floor of the [[Australian Senate]] in a move to rally support for a national ban of the religious attire, citing "national security" concerns.<ref name="Murphy-2017">{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Katharine|date=17 August 2017|title=Pauline Hanson wears burqa in Australian Senate while calling for ban|language=en-GB|edition=Australia|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/17/pauline-hanson-wears-burqa-in-australian-senate-while-calling-for-ban|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615172558/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/17/pauline-hanson-wears-burqa-in-australian-senate-while-calling-for-ban|url-status=live}}</ref> The move quickly became widely condemned by [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]], the [[Australian Greens|Greens]] and the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pauline Hanson wears burka to Question Time in the Senate, slammed by George Brandis|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-17/pauline-hanson-wears-burka-to-question-time-in-the-senate/8816886|last1=Belot|first1=Henry|last2=Yaxley|first2=Louise|date=17 August 2017|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111211227/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-17/pauline-hanson-wears-burka-to-question-time-in-the-senate/8816886|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, the Attorney-General [[George Brandis]], who is tasked with giving advice on national security legislation, gave an "emotional" speech calling Hanson's stunt "an appalling thing to do" and advised Hanson "to be very very careful of the offense you may do to the religious sensibilities of other Australians", to which both Labor and Greens' Senators gave a standing ovation.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XExggl6Q-vo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170820144759/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XExggl6Q-vo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|title=George Brandis slams Pauline Hanson for wearing a burka to Senate Question Time|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XExggl6Q-vo|date=17 August 2017|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|language=en|access-date=6 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Murphy-2017" />

In September 2022, Hanson tweeted that Greens senator [[Mehreen Faruqi]] should "piss off back to Pakistan". This came after Faruqi was slammed over an allegedly "appalling" tweet about [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] after [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|her death]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Josh |date=6 October 2022 |title=Mehreen Faruqi's racism complaint over Pauline Hanson tweet accepted by Human Rights Commission |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/07/mehreen-faruqis-racism-complaint-over-pauline-hanson-tweet-accepted-by-human-rights-commission |access-date=30 October 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030104102/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/07/mehreen-faruqis-racism-complaint-over-pauline-hanson-tweet-accepted-by-human-rights-commission |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Faruqi decided to launch court proceedings against Hanson for "breaching section 18C of the ''[[Racial Discrimination Act 1975]]''".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haydar |first=Nour |date=3 May 2023 |title=Mehreen Faruqi launches court action against Pauline Hanson for 'insulting and humiliating' tweet |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-03/mehreen-faruqi-pauline-hanson-legal-action-federal-court/102298326 |access-date=15 August 2023 |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815040522/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-03/mehreen-faruqi-pauline-hanson-legal-action-federal-court/102298326 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 November 2024, it was reported that [[Federal Court of Australia]] judge [[Angus Stewart (Australian judge)|Angus Stewart]] had ruled that Hanson's tweet was an "angry personal attack", unconnected with the issues Faruqi raised, and was therefore "anti-Muslim or Islamophobic". Hanson was ordered to delete the tweet and was awarded costs for the entire proceedings. Hanson said that she would appeal the decision.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKinnell |first1=Jamie |last2=Gregory |first2=Xanthe |title=Federal Court finds Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi in 'angry personal attack' tweet |website=ABC News |date=1 Nov 2024 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/pauline-hanson-mehreen-faruqi-racial-tweet-verdict/104547814 |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241101085457/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/pauline-hanson-mehreen-faruqi-racial-tweet-verdict/104547814 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Needs update|date=March 2025}}

===Public opinion===
After her election in 1996, an estimated 10,000 people marched in protest against racism in Melbourne, and other protests followed, while Anglican and Catholic church leaders warned that the controversy threatened the stability of Australia's multicultural society. Also repudiating Hanson's views on immigration and multiculturalism were Victorian Premier [[Jeff Kennett]], the Queensland National Senator [[Ron Boswell]], Sir [[Ronald Wilson]] and former Prime Minister [[Paul Keating]].<ref>{{Citation |last= Ward |first= Ian |date=August 1997 |title= Australian Political Chronicle: June–December 1996 |journal= Australian Journal of Politics and History |volume= 43 |issue= 2|pages=216–224 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8497.1997.tb01389.x}}</ref> At the 1997 annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Communications Association (ANZCA) at [[La Trobe University]], a paper was presented with the title "Phenomena and Epiphenomena: is Pauline Hanson racist?".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:120055 |title=Phenomena and Epiphenomena: is Pauline Hanson racist? |publisher=Espace.library.uq.edu.au |access-date=9 July 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717022204/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:120055 |archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> In 1998, social commentator [[Keith Suter]] argued that Hanson's views were better understood as an angry response to [[globalisation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wacc.org.uk/wacc/publications/media_development/archive/1998_3/australia_the_media_and_the_politics_of_anger |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070814105506/http://www.wacc.org.uk/wacc/publications/media_development/archive/1998_3/australia_the_media_and_the_politics_of_anger |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2007 |title=Australia, the media and the politics of anger |publisher=Wacc.org.uk |date=March 1998 |access-date=9 July 2010}}</ref> A poll in ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'' magazine at this time suggested that if Hanson formed a political party, it would win 18 percent of the vote. After months of silence, then-Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader [[Kim Beazley]] proposed a bipartisan motion against racial discrimination and reaffirming support for a nondiscriminatory immigration policy. The motion was carried on the voices.<ref name="Ward-1997a"/>

Hanson did not relent in articulating her views and continued to address public meetings around Australia. The [[League of Rights]] offered financial and organisational support for her campaign against Asian immigration, and in December she announced she was considering forming a political party to contest the next election.<ref name="Ward-1997a"/> [[Alexander Downer]], [[Minister for Foreign Affairs]] under [[John Howard]], issued a media release calling on Hanson, [[David Oldfield (politician)|David Oldfield]] and [[David Ettridge]] to distance themselves from racist slurs.<ref>[http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa110b_98.html foreignminister.gov.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720210753/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa110b_98.html |date=20 July 2008 }} Hanson Must Disassociate Herself From Racist Slurs</ref> In 2000, the [[University of New South Wales Press|University of NSW Press]] published the book ''Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand'',<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3pHjwge_d4MC&q=pauline+hanson+racism+asian+media&pg=PA256 |title=Race, colour, and identity in ... – Google Books |date=April 2000 |access-date=9 July 2010 |isbn=978-0-86840-538-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305044341/https://books.google.com/books?id=3pHjwge_d4MC&pg=PA256&lpg=PA256&dq=pauline+hanson+racism+asian+media |archive-date=5 March 2018 |last1=Docker |first1=John |last2=Fischer |first2=Gerhard |publisher=UNSW Press }}</ref> which identified Hanson as a central figure in the [[Racism in Australia|"racism debate" in Australia]] of the 1990s, noting that senior Australian academics such as [[Jon Stratton]], [[Ghassan Hage]] and [[Andrew Jakubowicz]] had explored Hanson's significance in an international as well as national context.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3pHjwge_d4MC&q=pauline+hanson+racism+asian+media&pg=PA256 |title=The Racism Debate |date=April 2000 |access-date=9 July 2010 |isbn=978-0-86840-538-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305044341/https://books.google.com/books?id=3pHjwge_d4MC&pg=PA256&lpg=PA256&dq=pauline+hanson+racism+asian+media |archive-date=5 March 2018 |last1=Docker |first1=John |last2=Fischer |first2=Gerhard |publisher=UNSW Press }}</ref>

Academics, commentators and political analysts have continued to discuss Hanson's legacy and impact upon Australian politics since her rise to prominence in the 1990s and her political comeback in 2016. [[Milton Osborne]] noted that public opinion research indicated Hanson's initial support in the 1990s was not necessarily motivated by racist or anti-immigration sentiments, but instead from voters concerned about globalisation and unemployment.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Osborne |first1=Milton |title=AUSTRALIA'S ELECTION YEAR: Hansonism and the Asian Financial Crisis |journal=Southeast Asian Affairs |date=1999 |pages=52–64|doi=10.1355/SEAA99D |doi-broken-date=12 December 2024 }}</ref> In 2019, [[Hans-Georg Betz]] identified Hanson as among the first populist politicians to mobilize a public following by targeting "the intellectual elite" in their messages, and that in the twentyfirst century, with "today’s army of self-styled commentators and pundits summarily dismissing radical right-wing populist voters as uncouth, uneducated plebeians intellectually incapable of understanding the blessings of progressive identity politics, Hanson’s anti-elite rhetoric anno 1996 proved remarkably prescient, if rather tame".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fairobserver.com/region/asia_pacific/pauline-hanson-one-nation-australia-populist-politics-news-78645/|title=Australia's Own Brand of Radical Populism|date=20 June 2019|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125235836/https://www.fairobserver.com/region/asia_pacific/pauline-hanson-one-nation-australia-populist-politics-news-78645/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=15 January 2021|title=FKN LOL: Someone redirected Pauline Hanson's website to The Refugee Council of Australia|url=https://happymag.tv/pauline-hanson-website-redirects-to-refugee-council-of-australia/|access-date=15 January 2021|website=Happy Mag|language=en-US|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115005209/https://happymag.tv/pauline-hanson-website-redirects-to-refugee-council-of-australia/|url-status=live}}</ref>