Warning: Australian politicians are importing the British right’s visions of doom | Jack Jacobs
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson during an anti-immigration rally in Canberra, in August 2025. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPView image in fullscreenOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson during an anti-immigration rally in Canberra, in August 2025. Today, some Australians are championing far-right British actors and importing their visions of doom to Australia.In June, the former Australian Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott spoke at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference, which is organised around the idea of “renewing” western civilisation.
- ▪One Nation leader Pauline Hanson during an anti-immigration rally in Canberra, in August 2025.
- ▪Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPView image in fullscreenOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson during an anti-immigration rally in Canberra, in August 2025.
- ▪Today, some Australians are championing far-right British actors and importing their visions of doom to Australia.In June, the former Australian Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott spoke at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson during an anti-immigration rally in Canberra, in August 2025. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPView image in fullscreenOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson during an anti-immigration rally in Canberra, in August 2025. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPOpinionPauline HansonWarning: Australian politicians are importing the British right’s visions of doomJack JacobsHaving met Nigel Farage, Rupert Lowe and Tommy Robinson, Pauline Hanson is deploying their rhetoric in a country with a very different history of immigrationSat 25 Jul 2026 05.00 EDTShareIn a 1950 essay, the critic AA Phillips wrote of a “cultural cringe” in which insecure Australians looked to Britain for instruction.
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