Something that was thought to have died and been buried over 50 years ago, the White Australia Policy, has been resurrected, thanks to Pauline Hanson. In what is fast becoming an infamous interview with the convicted UK felon and far-right activist Tommy Robinson, Hanson suggested without evidence migrants came to Australia "purely for the welfare system". She blames this on the ending of the White Australia Policy. In the same interview Hanson claimed it was "quite known" that Muslims in Australia were prominent among people "ripping off" the NDIS. Senator Hanson said all the problems "started" in 1973 when former prime minister Gough Whitlam "opened up Australia, and got rid of the White Australia policy".

Should there be a return to this outdated policy, and are migrants (and Aboriginals), the cause of all of Australia's economic and social problems.

With the extreme right of politics ratcheting up its anti-Muslim, anti-migrant hysteria, the Albanese government has released its timely response to Aftab Malik's Islamophobia Report, accepting 35 of the 54 recommendations, while still considering others. Multicultural Affairs Minister Anne Aly, who is Australia's first female Muslim federal parliamentarian, said the government's responses go to "addressing some of the most significant manifestations of Islamophobia". Hopefully there will be a concerted effort to combat the lies and misinformation being peddled by the likes of Hanson and co about Muslims, and other ethnic minorities in Australia.