Government and opposition joined in criticising Pauline Hanson over her comments on a podcast last year declaring that Australia’s original occupants had “achieved nothing”.

Hanson’s derogatory remarks about First Nations people became a fresh issue for her on Monday, hard on the heels of the row over her criticism of Anthony Albanese’s late mother – for living too long in public housing – that surfaced at the weekend. The comments about Maryanne Albanese were made on a podcast done earlier this year. Hanson’s critics are carefully trawling her past comments.

Hanson told the conservative “JJ Podcast” that Australia’s Indigenous people were “the most primitive race on earth, and we’re supposed to be holding them up and saying what they’ve achieved. They’ve achieved nothing.”

She said a Western Australian teacher had written to her saying the curriculum had neglected teaching Australian history and had changed to be “leaning towards this Aboriginal culture and language.

"For what?........

© The Conversation