Editing Pauline Hanson's One Nation (section)

===Contemporary===
Writer [[Hans-Georg Betz]] described One Nation and Pauline Hanson in 2019 as among "the first prominent radical right-wing populist entrepreneurs to mobilize popular resentment against a very specific target — the intellectual elite" and that in the twenty-first century where "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." Betz also argued that One Nation differs from [[Radical right (Europe)|European right-wing parties]] by focusing on its own brand of populism which he termed ''[[Hansonism]]'' based on Hanson's personality and debates unique to Australian society.<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=21 November 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> 

Despite the party's early image as an anti-immigration party, the party has - since 2016 - ran a number of migrant Chinese and Indian candidates in elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-21/one-nation-candidate-shan-ju-lin-defends-pauline-hanson/8135684|title=One Nation's Shan Ju Lin defends Pauline Hanson, says she fears Chinese Government will 'take over'|author=|date=2016|work=|access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/pauline-hanson-is-not-racist-says-asian-australian-one-nation-candidate/zuboatsoo|title=Pauline Hanson is not racist, says Asian-Australian One Nation candidate|author=|date=2017|work=|access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/punjabi/en/podcast-episode/one-nation-fields-former-indian-international-student-nik-reddy-in-queensland-elections/6sz11r650|title=One Nation fields former Indian international student Nik Reddy in Queensland elections|author=|date=2020|work=|access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/george-christensen-rogue-mp-announces-tilt-at-senate-with-one-nation/news-story/74ffa7bcc943553f5ac36ae69ab2298e|title=Surprise twist at Pauline Hanson's One Nation event in Brisbane|author=|date=2022|work=|access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>

Political scientist [[Ian McAllister (political scientist)|Ian McAllister]] argues the current version of One Nation from 2017 does not have much in the way of policy beyond an "anti-establishment stance"<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Marr|first1=David|title=Looking back, and angry: what drives Pauline Hanson's voters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/27/looking-back-and-angry-what-drives-pauline-hansons-voters|access-date=27 March 2017|work=The Guardian Australia|date=26 March 2017|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327001411/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/27/looking-back-and-angry-what-drives-pauline-hansons-voters|url-status=live}}</ref> while others have argued it has changed to focus its policies on opposition to Islam.<ref name="The Financial Times">{{Cite news|author1=Jamie Smyth|title=Australian firebrand Pauline Hanson marks political return with anti-Muslim speech|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/636e4e76-41c7-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1.html|access-date=5 July 2016|work=The Financial Times|date=4 July 2016|archive-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911035914/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/636e4e76-41c7-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author1=Jean Kennedy|title=Election 2016: Pauline Hanson's comments could lead to violence, Tim Soutphommasane warns|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-05/pauline-hanson%27s-comments-could-lead-to-violence%3A-soutphommosane/7568608|access-date=5 July 2016|work=ABC News|date=5 July 2016|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031072202/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-05/pauline-hanson%27s-comments-could-lead-to-violence%3A-soutphommosane/7568608|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2017 Queensland state election]], One Nation disendorsed its Bundamba candidate Shan Ju Lin after her anti-gay social media post. Lin accused [[James Ashby]] of deciding on Hanson's behalf that Lin should be disendorsed.<ref>{{cite news|author=Casey Briggs|title=Dumped One Nation candidate won't apologise for anti-gay comments|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-09/dumped-one-nation-shan-ju-lin-wont-apologise-for-gay-comments/8168792|access-date=9 January 2017|publisher=ABC News|date=9 January 2017}}</ref> In December 2016, Andy Semple withdrew as a candidate for Currumbin, after the party told him to delete an LGBT joke on Twitter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/20/one-nation-candidate-quits-two-days-inappropriate-tweet|title=One Nation candidate quits after two days over 'inappropriate' tweet|first=Joshua|last=Robertson|date=20 December 2016|accessdate=8 April 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

Various One Nation election candidates have made anti-LGBT comments, such as one saying in 2019, "The only thing worse than a gay person with power is a woman", another in 2017 calling same-sex marriage "poof poof marriage" and making the comment, "You see when we consummate a marriage kids are generally born 9 mths later when gays consummate its [sic] just bum sex for enjoyment", and a third – also in 2017 – saying that "Norwegian homosexuals" are behind a "mind control program".<ref>{{cite news |last= Duffy |first= Nick |date= 26 April 2019 |title= ‘The only thing worse than a gay person with power is a woman,’ candidate says |url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/04/26/only-thing-worse-gay-person-power-woman-candidate-one-nation/ |work= [[PinkNews]] |access-date= 12 April 2025}}</ref>