# Pauline Hanson Takes Australia’s Oldest Division to Britain

# Pauline Hanson Takes Australia’s Oldest Division to Britain **Opinion | Downunder Voices** Pauline Hanson has ended her United Kingdom visit by carrying one of Australia’s most painful political debates onto an international stage. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in London, the One Nation leader attacked multiculturalism, immigration and what she described as the decline of Western culture. Her address reportedly took place before rows of mostly empty seats, but the limited audience should not disguise the seriousness of the ideas being promoted. The greater controversy came from Hanson’s interview with British far-right activist Tommy Robinson. During that discussion, she linked Australia’s present immigration challenges to the dismantling of the White Australia policy and suggested earlier European migrants had integrated more successfully than some newer communities. Hanson’s supporters argue that she was discussing history rather than explicitly demanding that the White Australia policy be reinstated. That distinction should be reported accurately. However, speaking regretfully about the end of a racially discriminatory system—and using it as the