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Hanson and Robinson on Migration and Welfare | Australia News
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Senator Pauline Hanson’s explosive podcast interview with UK activist Tommy Robinson has ignited national debate, as she blamed the end of the White Australia policy in 1973 for Australia’s current migration woes, accusing many immigrants—especially Muslims—of exploiting welfare and the NDIS, even tying it to religious beliefs about divine provision. She contrasted early European migrants who integrated by learning English with newer arrivals allegedly seeking handouts, a view Robinson echoed, calling the NDIS a system for “sitting at home and getting paid.” The interview, marred by Robinson’s criminal history, also touched on Hanson’s daughter’s political future, while fueling criticism over her increasingly divisive immigration rhetoric.
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