One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the resurfaced podcast comments Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Pauline Hanson has made a qualified apology after describing Indigenous Australians as the “most primitive race on Earth”, saying she did not intend to upset people and said she was sorry “if I offended people”. The One Nation leader has been under fire from figures across the political spectrum after the comments from a podcast released in September 2025 resurfaced. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

Pauline Hanson’s gas policy and the party’s relationship with Rinehart is examined in a new Guardian podcast series, The Populist Listen: The Populist: Aeroplanes and bulldozers | Episode 1 – podcast Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation has come under fire for quietly shelving support for a new domestic gas reservation policy in preference for a policy that favours the party’s billionaire patron, Gina Rinehart. The Albanese government has announced it will establish a new reservation policy for Australia’s east coast, requiring gas exporters to supply a portion of the gas they produce to the domestic market. The policy is aimed at “modestly” supplying the domestic market to put downward pressure on prices for consumers. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

Indigenous senators have criticised One Nation leader saying the comments showed ‘wilful ignorance’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Federal parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined in condemning resurfaced comments by Pauline Hanson as “nasty” and “derogatory”, after she labelled Indigenous Australians the “most primitive race on Earth”. The Indigenous affairs minister, Malarndirri McCarthy, a Yanyuwa and Garrwa woman, described the One Nation senator’s comments as “totally outrageous” while her opposition counterpart, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, said Hanson’s comments showed “wilful ignorance” and had “dragged the conversation into appalling territory”. Continue reading...