15 September 2026

Pauline Hanson offers qualified apologies to Indigenous Australians and Anthony Albanese

Downunder Voices Newsroom

Addressing widespread condemnation, the One Nation leader clarified what she meant by referring to Indigenous Australians as "primitive".

About this report

This article contains independently written commentary and community perspective from Downunder Voices.

Join our community

Follow Downunder Voices

Join thousands of readers following news and community stories from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.

Follow on Facebook Submit your story

More from Australia

View category

Australia

15 September 2026

Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks

One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the newly resurfaced podcast comments 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 all sides of the political spectrum after the comments from a podcast in September 2025 resurfaced.

Source: The Guardian WorldOriginal source

Surfer injured after shark attack at beach that 'felt very safe'

Australia

15 September 2026

Surfer injured after shark attack at beach that 'felt very safe'

Surfer seriously injured after shark attack at Australian beach that ‘felt very safe’ - No shark activity had been reported around Glenfield Beach before the attack ...

Source: https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Australia&qft=sortbydate%3d%221%22&format=rssOriginal source

Teens charged with striking crocodile with metal pole at Perth Zoo

Australia

15 September 2026

Teens charged with striking crocodile with metal pole at Perth Zoo

Two boys are accused of the after-hours animal cruelty at a popular Aussie attraction.

Source: 7NEWS AustraliaOriginal source

Freight markets are undergoing one of the biggest financial transformations in commodities, with shipping moving steadily from a world where rate volatility was simply accepted as a cost of doing business to one where risk is increasingly transferred, priced and actively managed. William Chin, head of commodities at the SGX Group (Singapore Exchange), says the …

Source: Splash247Original source

New Zealand

15 September 2026

Kerikeri teenager in court after shed and café fire near historic Kemp House

The blaze, on the night of 4 September, razed a storage shed and spread to the Honey House Café at Kerikeri Basin.

Source: https://www.rnz.co.nz/rss/news.xmlOriginal source

New Zealand

15 September 2026

Collecting undersized shellfish still most common breach on Auckland coastlines

The Government imposed a two-year ban on taking shellfish from rock pools in several areas around Auckland's coastlines.

Source: https://www.rnz.co.nz/rss/news.xmlOriginal source

New Zealand

15 September 2026

Horse riders bring 50,000-strong Treaty petition to Parliament

Riders from Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu travelled from Waimārama with the petition - which calls for a halt to government plans to amend Treaty provisions.

Source: https://www.rnz.co.nz/rss/news.xmlOriginal source

Pauline Hanson offers qualified apologies to Indigenous Australians and Anthony Albanese

About this report

Follow Downunder Voices

More from Australia

Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks

Surfer injured after shark attack at beach that 'felt very safe'

Teens charged with striking crocodile with metal pole at Perth Zoo

Read Next

Splash Singapore: SGX’s William Chin on the financialisation of freight

Kerikeri teenager in court after shed and café fire near historic Kemp House

Collecting undersized shellfish still most common breach on Auckland coastlines

Horse riders bring 50,000-strong Treaty petition to Parliament