Pauline Hanson Calls for Australia to Adopt Monocultural Policy

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said Australia should reject multiculturalism and require residents to live under one cultural umbrella. She described the country as multiracial but argued it must become monocultural. Alan Gamlen, director of the Australian National University's Migration Hub, defined monoculturalism as the expectation that everyone follows a uniform set of norms covering language, food, clothing, and religion.

He added that no society is truly monocultural.

Japan records about 4 million foreign residents, yet official data do not track ethnic ancestry of citizens. La Trobe University professor Kaori Okano estimated the share of the population of non-Japanese descent at 6.5 to 8 percent, including Ainu and Okinawan communities.

South Korea reports that people with migrant backgrounds make up 5 percent of its population. Poland's post-war government pursued population homogeneity through border controls and movement restrictions, according to a 2021 University of Sheffield study.

Hanson objected to the share of overseas-born residents and the share of people who speak a language other than English at home. She also said migrants should adopt a Judeo-Christian perspective. Andrew Jakubowicz, professor of sociology at the University of Technology Sydney, said attempts to create monocultures have historically involved removing groups that do not fit an imposed standard.

He cited Nazi Germany as an example. North Korea maintains the strictest controls on language, religion, music, and dress, with 99.8 percent of the population recorded as ethnically Korean.