Australia news live: Hanson defends UK ‘fact-finding’ trip; Qantas tops airline punctuality table

Pauline Hanson has posted an update on social media about what she calls a “fact-finding” mission to the UK to find out what has gone “so wrong” with the country. She sat down for an interview for the podcast of far-right British activist Tommy Robinson , whom she called a “brave man … who has always had the best interest of his nation at heart”. After a long list of what she claims is wrong with the UK, including “cities where most women wear burkas”, Hanson says: double quotation mark No thanks. That’s not what I want for Australia. Each day I’ll bring you a sneak peak of my visit before putting out a long format video once I’m home. Senator and leader of the One Nation, Pauline Hanson. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images Robinson posted on his YouTube channel a clip from a car showing him and Hanson “about to take a walk through my town” of Luton, adding “let’s see what happens”. Hanson also met Rupert Lowe , the leader of the far-right Restore UK party, who split from Nigel Farage ’s Reform UK, who tweeted “ we certainly share many of the same objectives ”. Angus Taylor warns of ‘eternity of pain’ if One Nation wins government in strongest attack yet on Pauline Hanson Read more