{"id":39532,"date":"2026-06-18T13:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=39532"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:20:30","slug":"the-greens-reject-hansons-tired-islamophobia-racism-transphobia-and-protection-racket-for-fossil-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/the-greens-reject-hansons-tired-islamophobia-racism-transphobia-and-protection-racket-for-fossil-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greens reject Hanson&#8217;s tired islamophobia, racism, transphobia and protection racket for fossil fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responding to Pauline Hanson\u2019s National Press Club address, Leader of the Australian Greens Larissa Waters said:<br><br>\u201cPauline Hanson\u2019s incoherent hatred today offered nothing more than the same tired Islamophobia, transphobia, racism and protection racket for fossil fuels we\u2019ve heard from her for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPauline Hanson wants Australians angry, divided and scared of our neighbours. It\u2019s an ugly and racist distraction from her servitude of the same billionaires and corporate superprofits as the major parties.<br><br>\u201cOne Nation opposes wage increases for workers and opposes a 25% tax on gas exports. One Nation looks after corporate superprofits, not people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAttacking multiculturalism and pedalling islamophobia and transphobia won\u2019t fix the housing or cost of living crisis.<br><br>\u201cOne Nation will not change the system any more than Labor or the Liberals will.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery party in the country except the Greens is bleeding votes to One Nation. The major parties are in decline, and we have an opportunity for real change. But One Nation wants more of the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf people want a fair go in Australia, they need to vote for the only party that puts people ahead of profits: The Greens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to Pauline Hanson\u2019s National Press Club address, Leader of the Australian Greens Larissa Waters said: \u201cPauline Hanson\u2019s incoherent hatred today offered nothing more than the same tired Islamophobia, transphobia, racism and protection racket for fossil fuels we\u2019ve heard from her for decades. \u201cPauline Hanson wants Australians angry, divided and scared of our neighbours. It\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/the-greens-reject-hansons-tired-islamophobia-racism-transphobia-and-protection-racket-for-fossil-fuel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Greens reject Hanson&#8217;s tired islamophobia, racism, transphobia and protection racket for fossil fuel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39533,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39532\/revisions\/39533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}