Pauline Hanson Discusses Immigration and Welfare in Podcast with Tommy Robinson

Pauline Hanson appeared in a podcast interview with Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, that was released overnight on Friday, Abc reported. The interview was recorded last week during Hanson's visit to the UK. Hanson stated that migration issues in Australia started in 1973 when former prime minister Gough Whitlam ended the White Australia policy.

She said migrants from Italy, Germany and Poland integrated by learning English and assimilated, while later migrants came purely for the welfare system or NDIS. Hanson claimed it is quite known that Muslims in Australia are prominently represented among people ripping off the NDIS.

She stated that Australian Muslims are having children because the Quran teaches that Allah will provide, and that the taxpayer is providing instead.

Hanson mentioned quite a few NDIS recipients in certain areas of Western Sydney including Lakemba, as well as Brisbane and Melbourne. She said a lot of NDIS recipients ripping off the system are from Muslim areas, while also noting there are a lot of Aussies too. Hanson stated Australia's Muslim population is about 4 per cent or one million people, citing 2021 census data.

According to the 2021 census, 3.2 per cent of Australians identified as Muslim, equating to about 813,392 people. Christianity was the largest religious affiliation at 43.9 per cent, followed by no religion at 38.9 per cent, Islam, Hinduism at 2.7 per cent, and Buddhism at 2.4 per cent.

Hanson stated she believes her daughter Lee has the potential to be a leader of One Nation one day, but does not believe in nepotism and that Lee must prove herself.