{"id":750226,"date":"2026-06-21T05:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/750226\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T05:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:41:09","slug":"one-nation-opposes-measures-that-make-a-difference-to-working-people-albanese-says-australian-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/750226\/","title":{"rendered":"One Nation opposes measures that make a difference to working people, Albanese says | Australian politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Albanese says One Nation\u2019s plans to slash migration risks exacerbating skilled worker shortages, as Labor and the Coalition push back against Pauline Hanson\u2019s policy prescriptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hanson called for overseas migration levels to be cut further in a speech<\/a> to the National Press Club on Wednesday. She claimed multiculturalism had failed and blamed housing shortages and infrastructure pressures on overseas arrivals.<\/p>\n

As Hanson\u2019s support surges in the polls, the prime minister told Sky News the Queensland senator was misrepresenting herself to voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact is that One Nation pretends that they stand for workers whilst getting planes given to them by Australia\u2019s richest person, while receiving donations from some of the very wealthiest people,\u201d Albanese said on Sunday, referring to billionaire Gina Rinehart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [One Nation] want it to be easier to sack people<\/a>, they oppose increases in the minimum wage and they oppose our support for child care. They\u2019ve opposed our support and expansion and strengthening of Medicare.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve opposed free Tafe to give Australians the skills that they need. You can\u2019t say \u2018we want to stop migration\u2019 but not want to upskill Australians to give Australians the skills to fill the job[s] so Australian industry can continue to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rinehart, the Hancock Prospecting boss, gifted a private plane worth more than $1.5m<\/a> to Hanson for her use in the lead-up to the next election. Hanson has talked up Rinehart\u2019s role in One Nation\u2019s policy formulation and has adopted her positions on welfare, defence and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Albanese noted One Nation and the Coalition had opposed Labor\u2019s move to place tighter restrictions on overseas student enrolments, and were campaigning against the government\u2019s tax reform proposals and cost-of-living help.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Nation will continue to, along with the other rightwing parties, oppose all of the measures that have made a difference to people,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

Net overseas migration added 301,000 people to Australia\u2019s population last year, the lowest increase since mid-2022<\/a>. The intake was above the pre-pandemic rate, spurring renewed criticism from the Coalition and One Nation.<\/p>\n

One Nation\u2019s policy proposals<\/a> are receiving tougher scrutiny<\/a> as it overtakes Labor and the Coalition in published polls, but the major parties have struggled to dint Hanson\u2019s growing prominence in the political debate.<\/p>\n

The federal opposition leader, Angus Taylor<\/a>, told Sky he understood voters\u2019 frustrations, but questioned Hanson\u2019s policy responses to major challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe answer right now is not to blow this country up,\u201d Taylor said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is [to] roll our sleeves up. Have that credible plan; the credible team in place. It\u2019s only the Liberal and National parties that can offer that \u2013 and that\u2019s what we will continue to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018We want to see people stay\u2019<\/p>\n

The federal Liberal president, Tony Abbott, has been calling rank-and-file party members to urge them not to defect to One Nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asked about the exodus<\/a> on Sunday, Taylor said: \u201cWe want to see as many people stay as possible, and Tony, as president, is doing a great job at getting out and energising the membership, retaining those who are frustrated, and many are, I understand that, but bringing new people in, and that will be a focus for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shadow foreign affairs minister, Ted O\u2019Brien, said Hanson\u2019s calls for Australia to withhold foreign aid from Pacific countries receiving financial assistance from China were misguided.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that you effectively hold a gun to the head of our Pacific neighbours, that\u2019s not what a friend does. That\u2019s not a way of building trust,\u201d O\u2019Brien told ABC TV\u2019s Insiders program<\/p>\n

Last week, Papua New Guinea\u2019s foreign minister, Justin Tkatchenko, criticised Hanson\u2019s moves to link aid assistance to corruption in PNG. He called the statements \u201cdefaming and unnecessary\u201d.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien said Hanson was wrong on multiculturalism, but called for the Coalition to preference One Nation ahead of the Greens at the next election.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last thing we should be doing is trying to force Australians to adopt the same customs. It\u2019s only values that have the capacity to unite Australians.\u201d<\/p>\n

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