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One Nation’s immigration policy is clear as mud – but that ambiguity could be a secret weapon for Pauline Hanson

The Guardian World Thursday 27 August 2026, 15:00 UTC By Sarah Basford Canales 1 min read
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The party’s key figures are either unable or unwilling to neatly articulate their migration targets, contradicting one another – and themselvesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation has experienced a swell in popular support in the past year, and has primarily done so off the back of tough talk on immigration – a policy area almost synonymous with its leader, Pauline Hanson. But a series of blunders this week show a party unable, or unwilling, to clearly...

The party’s key figures are either unable or unwilling to neatly articulate their migration targets, contradicting one another – and themselves

One Nation has experienced a swell in popular support in the past year, and has primarily done so off the back of tough talk on immigration – a policy area almost synonymous with its leader, Pauline Hanson.

But a series of blunders this week show a party unable, or unwilling, to clearly articulate what it would actually do about immigration levels.

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