One Nation has vowed to remove “welcome to country” ceremonies and woke land acknowledgements from Australian schools, and promote patriotism instead.
The party made the promise after leader Pauline Hanson said she would ban the humiliation rituals from schools, government departments and official events.
Ms Hanson told a News24 live event earlier this week she would also end the practice of displaying the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags alongside the Australian flag.
Under One Nation, our schools will promote patriotism and encourage young Aussies to love their country, its history and its heritage. We will not apologise for our history. We are one of the greatest countries on earth, and we will be proud of this. As it stands, there are too… pic.twitter.com/chtBTp1zFa
— One Nation Australia (@OneNationAus) July 29, 2026
“I do not believe in having ‘welcome to country’ … in government departments I wouldn’t have a ‘welcome to country’,” Ms Hanson said.
“I wouldn’t be having it in educational system schools. I’d shut that all down and I’ll tell you another thing too, there won’t be three flags.”
Her party said on its official social media accounts on Thursday that under a One Nation government schools would “promote patriotism”, and Aussie children would be encouraged to “love their country, its history and its heritage”.
“We will not apologise for our history. We are one of the greatest countries on earth, and we will be proud of this,” One Nation said.
“As it stands, there are too many examples of our history being denigrated by our woke educational establishment. Both the ‘welcome to country’ and self-hatred will be expunged from our schools.”
Polls show most Australians oppose “welcome to country” ceremonies, and the performances were booed at Anzac Day dawn services around the country this year.
During the interview with Paul Murray, Ms Hanson also outlined other issues One Nation would prioritise in the first 100 days if it is able to form government in 2028.
She said she would cut immigration to 130,000, reduce wasteful government spending, crack down on NDIS fraud, launch an investigation into the childcare sector, and get rid of “net zero rubbish”.
According to a recent DemosAU poll, One Nation would win 60 federal seats if an election was held now, and would be a good chance of forming government.
Header image: Pauline Hanson during the interview (News24).
