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Portrait of Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party · Senate · QLD · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Pauline Hanson was born Pauline Lee Seccombe on 27 May 1954 in Woolloongabba, a suburb of Brisbane, the fifth of seven children of Jack and Norah Seccombe, who owned a fish and chip shop in Ipswich where the children worked from a young age. She attended Buranda Girls' School and then Coorparoo State High School, leaving school at age 15 shortly before her first marriage and pregnancy.

Background encyclopedia

Ran the administrative side of a roof-plumbing business, then owned a fish and chip shop at Silkstone, Ipswich, sold on her election in 1996. Ipswich City Council councillor 1994-1995; member for Oxley 1996-1998; leader of One Nation 1997-2002 and again since 29 November 2014. Senator for Queensland since 2 July 2016.

Elected 2022 · QLD HANSON, Pauline (Pauline Hanson's One Nation) was declared elected 5th of 6 at the 2022 federal election. [AEC results]

Sourced positions

Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

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Immigration news report

Hanson advocates drastically reduced immigration, having called for capping immigration (75,000 in 2018; 130,000 in 2025). In a June 2026 speech she declared Australia "cannot be a multicultural society" and must become monocultural. She has called for a ban on Muslim immigration and has stated Australia is "in danger of being swamped" by groups she says do not assimilate. Per reporting on a September 2025 Senate immigration inquiry she backed, her broader advocacy includes deeper migration cuts, an eight-year wait for citizenship and welfare, and withdrawal from the UN Refugee Convention.

Votes on record · 4

Economic nationalism own statement

In a May 2026 interview, Hanson said 'I don't believe foreigners should own any housing in Australia or our farming land', and proposed giving foreign owners two years to sell or have property repossessed by the government (later clarifying this would apply to temporary visa holders and foreigners living overseas, not permanent residents). In a December 2020 media release she also opposed 'predatory foreign investment' and foreign takeovers of Australian businesses across sectors including manufacturing and mining.

Foreign policy & aid news report

Hanson has said foreign aid should be judged by whether "it's spent well" and that Australia should "clean up our own backyard first"; One Nation's platform calls for a large cut to the aid budget. She has raised concern about aid-recipient nations also accepting Chinese aid. On the Middle East she has called for Palestinians on temporary visas to be repatriated now the Gaza conflict has ended, saying "charity begins at home".

Votes on record · 2

Economy & tax recorded votes

Votes on record · 8

Welfare & social services recorded votes

Votes on record · 3

Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Freedom of speech official record

Voted for the second reading of the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017, which proposed replacing 'offend, insult, humiliate' with 'harass' in section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (Senate, 30 March 2017; Ayes 32, Noes 29). Voted for Schedule 1 of that bill to stand as printed, the provision making the substitution; the Schedule was negatived and the change did not proceed (Senate, in committee, 30-31 March 2017; Ayes 28, Noes 31).

Votes on record · 3

  • ✗Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026Strengthens enforcement of the law setting a minimum age of 16 for social media, after the eSafety Commissioner found major platforms not complying.Senate · Second reading carried 31–22 · Third reading carried 31–209 Sep 2026 ↗10 Sep 2026 ↗
  • ✓Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017Would have replaced 'offend', 'insult' and 'humiliate' with 'harass' in section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, so that the section would cover conduct reasonably likely to harass or intimidate a person on the basis of race, judged by the standard of a reasonable member of the Australian community, and changed how the Australian Human Rights Commission handles complaints so that unmeritorious complaints are discouraged or dismissed.Second reading · Senate · 45th Parliament · carried 32–2930 Mar 2017 ↗

Drugs & law and order recorded votes

Votes on record · 7

Gambling & gaming reform recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

First Nations & treaty recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes

Votes on record · 9

Housing & planning recorded votes

Votes on record · 3

  • –Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025Liberal senator Wendy Askew's bill to make changes to Housing Australia's investment mandate — including the Home Guarantee Scheme — subject to parliamentary disallowance rather than ministerial direction alone.Second and third reading · Senate · carried 36–2526 Mar 2026 ↗
  • –Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024Liberal senator Andrew Bragg's bill to bar the Housing Australia Future Fund from dealing with the CFMEU or organisations connected with it, including the Cbus super fund.Second reading · Senate · negatived 26–3626 Mar 2026 ↗

Health recorded votes

Votes on record · 6

Education recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Transport & infrastructure recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Energy recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

Environment & water recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Votes are shown as the official record lists them — Hansard federally and in New South Wales; Votes and Proceedings, Minutes of the Proceedings and Hansard in Victoria; the Record of Proceedings in Queensland; the Votes and Proceedings and Minutes of Proceedings in Western Australia; the Votes and Proceedings (House of Assembly) and Hansard (Legislative Council) in South Australia; the Votes and Proceedings of both chambers in Tasmania. "Did not vote" means the member held the seat that day and is on neither list — the record says who was in the chamber, not why, so it is never an abstention. Western Australia’s record prints no pairs, so a member paired there shows as did not vote. Nothing is shown for a presiding officer who by law gives only a casting vote (the Speaker and the President in South Australia, the President in Tasmania), nor for the member presiding at a Tasmanian division, which Tasmania’s journals record. Which bills sit under which issue is an editorial choice, made bill by bill with a reason read from the second-reading speech. A bill decided by an earlier parliament (Queensland’s 2018 abortion law reform, for one) is shown with that parliament named, read from the official record of the day. For Queensland and the federal parliament “did not vote” there means the member held a seat that day, as their service is recorded; for the other earlier parliaments the record of who held a seat could not be read, so only the printed Aye, No and paired votes are shown.

reported · pending AEC disclosure

Not part of the verified AEC record. Recorded from media reporting, pending the relevant AEC annual return (2025–26 receipts are expected around February 2027). Figures and details below are not yet verified.

  • Media reporting states that senior figures connected to Gina Rinehart's Hancock group made large donations to Pauline Hanson's One Nation during 2025-26, reported as approximately $500,000 each. Reporting attributes the donations to Hancock-linked executives (named in the reporting as Adam Giles, chief executive of Hancock Agriculture and a former Northern Territory Chief Minister, and Hancock director Ian Plimer) rather than to Gina Rinehart personally or to Hancock Prospecting as a company. The individual donor identities and amounts have not been confirmed against an AEC return.

    AEC 2025-26 detailed receipts have not yet been published (expected around February 2027), so the donors, amounts and financial year are not yet verifiable against the primary AEC record. The final disclosed figures are yet to be verified. Donor names and amounts here are drawn from media reporting that could not be retrieved directly for confirmation.

  • Media reporting states that Senator Pauline Hanson and her chief of staff James Ashby travelled to the United States in late October 2025 aboard Gina Rinehart's private jet to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), with the flight reported as departing around 27 October 2025. The reporting raised questions about whether the sponsored travel was declared on the Senate register of interests as required by parliamentary rules. Whether and how the travel was disclosed has not been confirmed against the register.

    This is reported in-kind travel, not a monetary donation, and would appear (if at all) on the Senate register of members' interests rather than in an AEC detailed-receipts return. The report could not be retrieved directly for confirmation, and the register entry has not been checked. The final position is yet to be verified.

  • Media and Rinehart-aligned outlets report public expressions of support from Gina Rinehart for Pauline Hanson and One Nation during 2025-26, including reported praise of Hanson and a reported symbolic gift (a toy bulldozer). These are expressions of political support and are noted for context; they are not disclosable donations and do not carry a monetary value in the AEC record.

    Public endorsement noted for context only; not a disclosable donation. The primary source could not be retrieved directly for confirmation, so the wording and date are yet to be verified.

Record last updated 2026-10-10.