On borrowed time? Why Liberals are starting to chatter about Angus Taylor

June 26, 2026 — 3:00am

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Can Angus Taylor think on his feet? And does Pauline Hanson understand what a monoculture is?

This week, both opposition leaders had to walk back statements they made about the Australian multicultural experiment and how exactly they define it. Hanson’s was a clarification in parliament; Taylor delivered a clean-up job on a friendly Sydney radio station.

Hanson’s partial walkback, which she linked to the Socceroos – absurdly describing the men’s football team as an example of a monoculture because they wore the same shirt and played by the same rules – will likely leave her unscathed.

But Taylor’s clean-up job left him damaged internally, with MPs from the moderate and the conservative factions bemoaning his clumsy non-answers on Tuesday as to whether he supported multiculturalism, followed by his “yes but not Labor’s version” pivot on Wednesday.

It might seem like a culture war distraction driven by “the left”, but it’s not. There’s a reason why the response to the two opposition leaders’ statements is so different.

Pauline Hanson says Socceroos represent her vision of ‘monoculture’

Hanson, despite the fact that her party is outright first on primary vote in the latest Resolve Political Monitor, is still not viewed by most voters as a realistic prospect to be the next prime minister of Australia. As the Resolve poll shows, few voters think she will actually win the next........

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