Pauline Hanson's One Nation policies and positions in 2026

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation policies and positions in 2026

Pauline Hanson's One Nation states its positions through the 'Issues' policy hub, individual policy pages on housing, climate, immigration, health, and cost of living, and recent 2026 announcements including the gas policy (June 2026) and cost-of-living motion (July 2026). Re-checked on 30 August 2026, the party's immigration page now carries explicit numerical positions: a cap of 130,000 visas a year, a claimed cut of more than 570,000 from current Labor levels, deportation of a claimed 75,000 illegal migrants, and other measures including an eight-year waiting period for citizenship and welfare and withdrawal from the UN Refugee Convention. All claims are attributed to One Nation and have not been independently verified.

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Housing

Pauline Hanson's One Nation states on its 'New Housing' policy page that it 'plans to introduce a five-year moratorium on charging GST on building materials to help reduce the cost of new housing and support the construction industry.' The party says this policy is 'aimed at addressing the rising costs of building materials and ensuring more Australians can afford to own a home.' One Nation states that the construction industry is facing 'severe financial pressures, with the rising cost of materials contributing to the collapse of many businesses.'

The party says that since the COVID-19 pandemic, material price hikes are 'the biggest factor in the collapse of construction businesses' after labour costs. One Nation states that 'government charges, new regulations, and requirements — including mandatory disability compliance for all new homes — are pricing Australians out of the housing market.' The party does not specify the estimated revenue forgone from the GST moratorium, the expected reduction in new home costs, or which building materials would be covered by the exemption.

One Nation does not specify a position on public housing, social housing, rent assistance, shared equity schemes, or first-home-buyer grants on its reviewed pages beyond the GST moratorium. The party does not state its position on the Housing Australia Future Fund, negative gearing, or capital gains tax concessions for property investors. On foreign ownership of housing, the party's broader issues hub lists 'Foreign Ownership' as a policy area but a dedicated foreign ownership page was not among the sources reviewed.

One Nation's New Housing page, checked on 30 July 2026, restates the party's proposal for a five-year GST moratorium on building materials. The party says this measure is aimed at reducing construction costs and making home ownership more achievable. One Nation states that government charges and regulatory requirements are pricing Australians out of the housing market. The party's Issues hub lists housing as a priority area but does not link to additional housing sub-pages beyond the New Housing page. The party does not specify the fiscal impact of the GST moratorium, the expected reduction in new home costs, or positions on public housing, rent assistance, or first-home-buyer support on these pages.

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Tax and cost of living

One Nation's 'Cost of Living' page states the party 'is committed to addressing the cost of living crisis by implementing a suite of targeted measures designed to provide immediate relief to Australian households and businesses.' The party says its plan includes electricity bill reductions, fuel price relief, tax relief for households and retirees, and healthcare cost reductions. The party says 'these cost-of-living measures are core to our policy commitments, will be added to, and will provide much-needed relief.'

The 3 July 2026 cost-of-living motion press release states that Senator Sean Bell 'has secured an important victory in the Senate, with a motion calling out the Albanese Labor government's failure on cost of living.' The party states that 'Australians are not celebrating Labor's bad budget; they are looking at the grocery receipt, the petrol gauge, the power bill, the rent notice, the mortgage repayment.' The motion described by the party does not itself enact legislation; it is a Senate motion expressing a political position.

One Nation does not specify the fiscal cost of its proposed tax relief, the mechanism for delivering electricity bill reductions, or which taxes would be reduced for households and retirees. The party proposes to 'dump the Beer tax' but does not state the revenue impact or the alternative revenue source. One Nation does not provide independently accessible costings for its cost-of-living package in the reviewed source pages.

One Nation's Reduce Cost of Living page, accessed on 30 July 2026, states the party's current proposals for addressing household financial pressures. The party says its plan includes reducing electricity and fuel costs, lowering taxes for households and retirees, and reducing healthcare expenses. The 3 July 2026 cost-of-living motion, moved by Senator Sean Bell, states that the Albanese Labor government has failed on cost of living and that Australians are feeling the pressure at the grocery checkout, petrol pump, and in rent and mortgage payments. One Nation says the Senate motion is a call for government action but does not itself enact legislation. The party does not specify the fiscal cost of its proposed measures, the mechanism for delivering lower electricity prices, or the timeline for tax relief on the cost-of-living page or in the July 2026 motion release.

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Climate and energy

One Nation's 'Climate' page states the party 'believes Australia should withdraw from the United Nations Paris Agreement signed in 2016.' The party says 'Australia has committed to the deepest and most savage carbon emission cuts in the world on a per person basis' and that 'this commitment is predicted to slow the Australian economy with enormous job losses.' One Nation states that 'in our view, this economic suicide cannot be justified on the evidence put forward by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).'

The gas policy, published on 9 June 2026 and dated by the party, states One Nation 'will give the Australian people a stake in our nation's natural resources, encourage more gas and oil production, establish a national wealth fund for our future, and end net-zero.' The party describes this as 'a bold, long-term vision that will give the Australian people vastly greater returns from their resources.' One Nation says 'Australia's gas reserves are nothing short of a miracle' and that for a country with 'only 0.3% of the world's population, we have over 1% of the world's gas reserves.'

The party proposes that Australia should embrace nuclear and hydro power alongside coal, based on the issues hub listing. One Nation does not specify a replacement emissions target if Australia withdrew from the Paris Agreement, or what international trade consequences it anticipates. The gas policy's national wealth fund proposal does not specify the mechanism for distributing returns to individual Australians, the projected fund size, or the governance framework.

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Healthcare

One Nation's 'Health' page states that 'Australia's health system was beyond capacity prior to COVID-19 and evidently inadequate in regional parts of the nation.' The party says it 'recognises the need to bolster the number of regional doctors, nurses, and other critical health professionals.' One Nation states it 'will introduce three-year contracts for newly qualified medical professionals and in return pay their HECS-HELP loans in full' to 'encourage better regional medical services.'

The cost-of-living page lists 'healthcare cost reductions' as one of the party's target measures but does not detail which healthcare costs it would reduce or by what mechanism. The party does not state a position on Medicare bulk billing, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, hospital funding, or aged care staffing requirements in the reviewed source pages. One Nation does not specify a position on dental care in Medicare, mental health access, or the NDIS on its health page.

The party does not quantify the expected number of medical professionals who would participate in the HECS-HELP contract scheme, the cost to the Commonwealth of paying HECS-HELP loans, or the mechanism for enforcing the three-year service requirement. One Nation does not specify how many years of service would be required in which regional areas, or what happens if a participant leaves before completing the term.

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Migration

One Nation's 'Immigration' page states that 'Australia's immigration system is broken' and that 'our population has surged past 27 million, overwhelming housing, infrastructure, and essential services.' The party says 'wages are stagnating, homeownership is slipping out of reach, and Australians are being forced to compete with cheap foreign labour.' One Nation states that 'this must stop' and that 'Australia needs a common-sense immigration policy that puts Australians first.'

The party sets out a series of specific positions on the immigration page, published as its policy and re-read on 30 August 2026. The party says it will 'deport 75,000 illegal migrants', describing visa overstayers, illegal workers and unlawful non-residents as the target; that it will 'cut immigration by over 570,000 people from current Labor levels' by 'capping visas at 130,000 per year'; that it will 'stop the skilled visa rorting', 'end the student visa loopholes', and 'stop the Administrative Review Tribunal being abused with endless, weaponised appeals'; and that it will 'reintroduce Temporary Protection Visas', 'deport any visa holder who breaks the law', 'introduce an eight-year waiting period for citizenship and welfare', 'refuse entry to migrants from nations known to foster extremist ideologies', and 'withdraw from the UN Refugee Convention'. These are all statements of the party's policy position and have not been independently verified by OzPolitics; they are not enacted law and the party does not state the legislative mechanism or cost of implementing them.

One Nation does not specify whether it supports the Australian Values Migration Plan proposed by the Coalition Nationals, or any alternative values-based screening approach. The party does not provide independently accessible costings for its proposed immigration policy or specify the legislative changes required to implement it. The issues hub lists 'immigration' as a core policy area but does not link to sub-pages addressing international students, temporary workers, or family reunion categories.

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