Pauline Hanson called Indigenous peoples primitive – true
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“Pauline Hanson referred to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as "the most primitive race on earth" and claimed they have achieved nothing.”
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Pauline Hanson publicly described Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as “the most primitive race on Earth” and asserted that they have “achieved nothing” over tens of thousands of years. She later issued a qualified apology for the remarks.
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- Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks | Pauline Hanson | The Guardian
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”.
- Pauline Hanson’s comments about Indigenous Australians condemned as ‘nasty’ and ‘derogatory’ | Pauline Hanson | The Guardian
In a September 2025 podcast, and first reported by News24, Hanson complained about children learning about Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history.
- The distortions of Voice are a heartless response to a call for reconciliation | Australian Human Rights Institute
The glib distortions that have emerged in response to the Uluru Statement from the Heart hit new levels of perversion last month when One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson equated an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament with South Africa’s racist and brutal apartheid regime.
- Pauline Hanson - Wikipedia
Among a series of criticisms of Aboriginal land rights, access to welfare and reconciliation, Hanson criticised the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), saying: "Anyone with a criminal record can, and does, hold a position with ATSIC".
- History repeating: the long record of Hanson's opinions on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people | SBS NITV
In 2018, Pauline Hanson slammed the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Opening ceremony for being 'too Aboriginal.' The opening ceremony on the Gold Coast featured Indigenous performer Mau Power, the first hip-hop artist to emerge out of the Torres ...
- Indigenous leaders condemn Pauline Hanson for 'primitive race' remarks on First Nations' Australians - ABC News
Politicians from across the divide have condemned Pauline Hanson's remarks about Indigenous Australians, labelling them "vile", "divisive" and "derogatory".
- Pauline Hanson offers qualified apologies to Indigenous Australians and Anthony Albanese - ABC News
Speaking to News24 earlier today, Senator Hanson claimed "[I] put my foot in my mouth" and that the comments about First Nations people were referring to the past, when Australia was colonised.
- History repeating: the long record of Hanson’s opinions on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
In 2018, Pauline Hanson slammed the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Opening ceremony for being ‘too Aboriginal.’ · The opening ceremony on the Gold Coast featured Indigenous performer Mau Power, the first hip-hop artist to emerge out of the Torres Strait, and world-renowned yidaki player William Barton.
- Aboriginal Australians are ‘most primitive race’, says hard-Right leader
Pauline Hanson, who leads the One ... when she said that Aboriginal people had “achieved nothing” during the 60,000 years that they occupied the continent before British settlement in the 18th century....
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