Hanson’s version of domestic violence is too simplistic and corrosive |
Hanson’s version of domestic violence is too simplistic and corrosive
July 24, 2026 — 5:00am
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Opinion polls have One Nation edging towards major party status, but Pauline Hanson’s latest take on domestic violence is unworthy and slights victims for political purposes.
Hanson believes domestic and family violence is a two-way street for men and women, an ignorant and simplistic position that denies the tragic reality. Perhaps it should not surprise. Hanson has pushed her singular version of DV for a decade.
She spoke of male-focused advocacy groups during her 2016 quest for a Senate seat, alluded to her own and sons’ DV experiences and, when the Morrison government appointed her to co-chair a parliamentary inquiry into the family law system, caused fury by claiming women fabricated violence allegations to win........