Jun 28, 2026 – 12.06pmPauline Hanson is “a pelican” if she thinks Australia could or should be a monoculture, says Paul Hogan, the man the One Nation leader cites as an Australian ideal.The actor and comedian was responding to Hanson’s National Press Club address in mid-June in which she said, “Australians must live under the one cultural umbrella”, and her doubling down on the speech last week.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
‘She’s a pelican’: Paul Hogan says no thanks to Hanson’s praise
Pauline Hanson described the actor and Norman Gunston as ‘essential features of Australian monoculture’. Hogan says the One Nation leader is living in the past.









