One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has unleashed at the Coalition for making a deal with Labor to pass updated versions of the “hate speech” and gun law reforms bills.
Ms Hanson, whose party overtook the Coalition for the first time in Australia’s most respected political poll on Sunday, also revealed she had only been given the final version of the bill at 7am, and that One Nation had not been consulted.
She was joined by many other Australians who reacted with anger after seeing the revised Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 still included all of the most controversial elements, including the “hate groups” provision, and accused Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley of betraying them.
The gun laws bill will pass the Senate with the help of the Greens, and the “hate speech” bill is also expected to pass due to Ms Ley’s deal, even though some Liberal senators have said they will vote against it.
I'll be clear – One Nation won't support huge changes that have been rushed through Parliament. It's all so the Prime Minister can justify calling everyone back to Canberra early which will cost millions of dollars.
Brand new bills have only been published this morning. There… pic.twitter.com/DDgwvlhfgY
— Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 (@PaulineHansonOz) January 20, 2026
BREAKING: The government and opposition claims to have dumped controversial ‘Racial Vilification’ clauses, but have quietly changed the definition of a hate crime to include the same language!
The new hate crime bill was only delivered to One Nation at 10am today. No one has… pic.twitter.com/kIdYW5YgCU
— Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 (@PaulineHansonOz) January 20, 2026
“We can’t put amendments to it, we can’t speak on your behalf – disgraceful. The Coalition and the Greens have been working with the Labor Party to get this pushed through the parliament,” she said in a video address.
“No consultation with One Nation, and that inquiry they had last week with regard to this bill, and 7,000 submissions put in by you, the people? Thrown into the bin. [They’re] not interested in what you have to say.
“These grubby, dirty, political deals that have been done, behind closed door, on the most important piece of legislation that could take away our freedom of speech. And what’s happening in our country, are they really dealing with the real issue, which is radical Islam and the fundamentalists that are out there?
“This bill should be thrown into the rubbish bin … I am disgusted with Sussan Ley that she’s gone ahead with these deals, and I have no confidence in the Liberal Party and the decisions that they make.”
🚨BREAKING: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill has been published.
It is as bad as it was last week. pic.twitter.com/G1s984GASX
— Australians vs. The Agenda (@ausvstheagenda) January 20, 2026
Following negotiations between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ms Ley on Monday, the Liberal party room agreed to support a revised version of the bill, despite concerns from some MPs over the “hate groups” component, and calls for the whole bill to be rejected.
The Prohibited Hate Groups laws are retroactive and allow the government to ban organisations based on a loose definition of “hate crimes” with no criminal convictions or procedural fairness required, and have been criticised by legal experts who warned they are open to abuse.
But Ms Ley is “conscious of delivering a good outcome” for the Jewish community, and both Liberal and Labor sources said her discussions with the Prime Minister were “constructive”, The Guardian reported.
She also met family members of victims of the Bondi Islamic terrorist massacre on Monday with Jewish Liberal MP Julian Leeser, who on the weekend implored his colleagues to pass the entire bill in order not the “cede the moral high ground” to Labor in the case of a future attack.
Shadow cabinet then discussed the “hate groups” laws on Monday night, and agreed on amendments to present to the government on Tuesday morning, The Australian reported, while the remaining elements – tougher penalties on hate crimes and new powers to refuse or cancel visas – are widely supported.
Header image: Pauline Hanson in her video address (X).
