# Australia's Pauline Hanson tells UK conservative conference audience not to apologise for being white
> One Nation Party leader Pauline Hanson spoke at a UK conservative conference on July 19, urging the audience not to apologise for being white and saying the UK faced massive migration problems similar to those she saw in Australia; her remarks on White Australia policy drew immediate condemnation

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-19 · heads: What They're Not Saying · 3 takes · 2 lenses · 2 regions

## Summary

[Australian](/en/entity/australia) One Nation leader Pauline Hanson spoke at a UK conservative conference on July 19, urging the audience not to apologise for being white. She said the [UK](/en/entity/united-kingdom) faced "massive migration problems" and was seeing similar trends in [Australia](/en/entity/australia). Her remarks on White Australia policy prompted immediate condemnation, with SBS describing widespread shock in Australia. The appearance extended Hanson's long-standing immigration platform to a British conservative audience.

## Why it matters

Hanson's UK platform illustrates the cross-border networking of nationalist movements, linking [Australian](/en/entity/australia) immigration politics to British conservative circuits. Her explicit White Australia policy reference drew condemnation in [Australia](/en/entity/australia) and raised questions about the conference organisers' speaker choices.

## What to watch

- Response from Australia's government and major parties
- Whether the UK conference organisers face pressure over Hanson's invitation
- One Nation's polling in Australia following the remarks

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### Australian multicultural public broadcaster
- **SBS News (Australia)** (Australia, en) — SBS, Australia's multicultural public broadcaster, leads with Hanson's call on a UK audience not to apologise for being white, noting she drew a parallel between migration pressures in the UK and Australia and that her White Australia policy comments drew condemnation.
  > "One Nation Party leader Pauline Hanson said the UK had massive migration problems and she was seeing similar issues in Australia."
  Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/hanson-tells-uk-conservative-conference-audience-to-not-apologise-for-being-white/ukxd369mz

### unlabelled
- **World Today News** (Global, en) — 
  Source: https://www.world-today-news.com/pauline-hanson-sparks-controversy-with-cpac-speech-and-white-australia-comments/
- **SBS News (podcast)** (Australia, en) — 
  Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/shock-over-pauline-hansons-white-australia-policy-comments-midday-news-bulletin-19-july-2026/lt3ny9pvh

## Across the graph
- Related: [[australia-social-media-ban-toughened-jun27]]
- Entities: Australia, United Kingdom

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