Editing Pauline Hanson's One Nation (section)

===Early years===
In its early years, One Nation's policies were said to be synonymous with opposition to [[affirmative action]] for Aboriginal communities. Some key themes of Pauline Hanson's 1998 maiden speech were opposition to what she said were increasingly high rates of immigration from Asian countries and an argument for [[economic protectionism|economic protectionist]] policies.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="Charlton, P 1998">Charlton, P. 1998. Full Circle. ''[[The Courier-Mail]]'', 13 June 1998.</ref> 

During its inception, One Nation rallied against [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] and [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] immigration and multicultural policies which, it argued, were leading to "the Asianisation of Australia."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |author=Malcolm Farnsworth |url=http://www.australianpolitics.com/parties/onenation/immigration-policy-98.shtml |title=One Nation's Immigration, Population and Social Cohesion Policy 1998 |access-date=19 September 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030702185221/http://www.australianpolitics.com/parties/onenation/immigration-policy-98.shtml |archive-date=2 July 2003  }}</ref>

Former Australian Prime Minister [[Paul Keating]] denounced Hanson in a speech in 1996, saying that she projected "the ugly face of racism" and was "dangerously divisive and deeply hurtful to many of her fellow Australians."<ref name="PHONHISTORY">{{cite web |last1=Nick |first1=Baker |title=Please explain: The history of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-10/timeline-rise-of-pauline-hanson-one-nation/7583230?nw=0 |website=ABC |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=4 November 2020 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107224928/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-10/timeline-rise-of-pauline-hanson-one-nation/7583230?nw=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Hanson and One Nation have disputed accusations of racism and argue that the main parties are out of touch with many Australians on the issues of immigration, asylum seekers, and multiculturalism; and have ended up adopting some of the policies One Nation initially called for.<ref name="smh.com.au">{{Cite web|url = https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/im-not-a-racist-says-pauline-hanson-20110309-1bn04.html|title = I'm not a racist, says Pauline Hanson|date = 8 March 2011|access-date = 18 November 2020|archive-date = 3 March 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210303135542/http://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/im-not-a-racist-says-pauline-hanson-20110309-1bn04.html|url-status = live}}</ref> Milton Osborne noted in 1999 that research indicated Hanson's initial supporters did not cite immigration as a major reason for their support for One Nation, but instead they were most concerned about economic issues 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| issue=1 | doi=10.1355/SEAA99D |doi-broken-date=2 December 2024 }}</ref> A 2001 study showed that One Nation had extensive informal ties and received endorsements from far-right movements due to the party requiring "the support of those groups in establishing the party and because of a convergence of interests".<ref name="ben-moshe">{{Cite journal |last1=Ben-Moshe |first1=D. |title=One Nation and the Australian far right |journal=Patterns of Prejudice |date=July 2001 |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=24–40 |doi=10.1080/003132201128811205|s2cid=145077630 }}</ref>