Updated July 19, 2026 — 11:44pm,first published 10:44pmPauline Hanson said she loved the idea of mass deportations for Australia, and suggested Tommy Robinson would be welcome Down Under if she became prime minister in a friendly meeting with the convicted criminal.During Seven’s hour-long Spotlight special that tracked Hanson during what she described as a “fact-finding mission” to the UK, the One Nation leader claimed the end of the White Australia Policy had led to problems for Australia, and added she didn’t regret anything – including her push for a “monoculture” and warning the country was at risk of being “swamped” by Asians.Pauline Hanson Spotlight episode on Channel 7. Seven “It’s been really good to come over here on this trip and see what’s happening because it’s really making me determined,” Hanson remarked while walking through the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Its population is nearly 40 per cent Muslim, the highest proportion of anywhere in England.“I was determined beforehand, but more so now because seeing what’s happened here, I’m going to fight it … I’m not going to have it happen in Australia.”Here are five key takeaways from the program that aired on Sunday night.Hanson wants to see mass deportations in AustraliaIn the program, Hanson expresses support for radical mass deportations pushed by a fringe party to the right of Reform in the UK.She had, according to journalist Liam Bartlett, been supposed to meet with UK Reform leader and Brexit architect Nigel Farage, however the meeting was scuppered following his decision to resign as an MP in the days prior amid an investigation into his acceptance of funds.Hanson did meet with Restore leader Rupert Lowe who is pushing for mass deportations across the UK. Lowe has called for the removal of 1.8 to 2 million of the UK’s nearly 70 million population.“Oh, I love it,” she said when asked for her view on mass deportations, confirming she’s “very much on the same page” as the British politician.She did not explain how such a plan would be carried out.Former Neighbours star turned right-wing commentator Holly Valance made a brief cameo during the meeting.Robinson would be welcome to visit Australia under One Nation Pauline Hanson Spotlight episode on Channel 7. Seven Later in the program Hanson met Robinson, a renowned English racist and convicted criminal whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.Farage has distanced himself from Robinson and called him a “thug”, while Robinson’s appearance on Karl Stefanovic’s podcast led to Nine axing the Today show host’s lucrative contract.The duo smiled at each other warmly during the meeting, with Robinson saying “the path has been paved by people like Pauline Hanson.”He told her he would like to come to Australia, but falsely claims he’d never tried as he thought his convictions would prevent him getting a visa. He had visas rejected on two previous occasions.“Wait until I’m in, you won’t have … ” she says before being cut off, seemingly from adding “a problem.”Later asked why she would associate with a man considered too extreme for Reform in the UK, she immediately became defensive.“Why wouldn’t I talk to the man?” Hanson said.“I will say and do what I want to, and I will talk to people if I feel … [I should spend time with] to learn from.“That’s the first time I’ve met Tommy Robinson, and I don’t regret meeting with him.”There’s nothing at all Hanson regrets Pauline Hanson Spotlight episode on Channel 7. Seven The One Nation leader was later asked if there was anything at all she did regret from her 30 years in public life.“Nothing I can think of,” she said.She specifically defended her calls for a monoculture, describing Islam as a “disease” and early claim Australia was at risk of being “swamped by Asians”.“I will apologise if I’m wrong, but I said it for a reason at the time,” Hanson responded.“I put my head on the chopping block all the time, and I stand up against the establishment and I say what’s really on my mind.”Barnaby Joyce is on message for One Nation One Nation’s prized Coalition defector stayed on message, and brushed off remarks he’d made in 2017 suggesting Australia would go “down the toilet” if Hanson’s party ever formed government.“Things have changed,” Joyce said. “If people don’t agree with my decision to join One Nation, then I imagine they won’t vote for me, and that’ll be the end of the story.“You know who else is changing their position … voters.”He suggested there were other big names hoping to join One Nation, and said his boss did have the intellectual capacity to be Prime Minister.Hanson later quipped she didn’t have an ambition to lead the country, but would do it if it were a “necessity”.Joyce reiterated that he did not believe in multiculturalism, and said the Bondi terrorist attack had changed his views on Islam.Hanson cites end of White Australia policyAsked by Robinson to explain the Australian immigration system and why the country had accepted “violent” people from other places, Hanson pointed to the end of the White Australia Policy.“It started in 1973 with Gough Whitlam. So they opened up and got rid of the White Australia policy,” she said.“Then they started bringing in the different migrants, and a lot of them couldn’t speak English, but they learned to speak English.”Hanson then said without evidence many immigrants were moving to Australia to rort the welfare system.This masthead previously published those comments about the White Australia Policy, and she attacked the reporting on social media as “fake news”.“Never ever have I advocated [for reintroducing the White Australia Policy], and I don’t believe in it as well,” she said in a video published to Facebook.“Yes, I’ve been strong on immigration, bringing the right people in the country in a measured way, and people who want to assimilate and be Australians.”Get the day’s breaking news, entertainment ideas and a long read to enjoy. Sign up to receive our Evening Edition newsletter.More:Pauline HansonNigel FarageImmigrationOne NationFrom our partners