Forget crypto: Single motherhood is the best get-rich-quick scheme, according to Hanson

July 26, 2026 — 3:00am

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is a party that is built on blame, so it was only a matter of time until Hanson began parroting the tropes of coercive control – that domestic violence victims have provoked their abuse, that it might be (and probably is) their own fault that people want to punch them, metaphorically or otherwise.

This week Hanson, herself a domestic violence survivor, told us she believes that domestic violence is a “two-way street” and that paid domestic violence leave is a “holiday”. Taxpayer-funded payments of $5000 to women leaving violent relationships are being rorted and are a possible “scam”, and child support payments have become a “cash cow” that encourage women to leave relationships so they can milk their ex-partners for money.

Becoming a single parent is an unconventional way to enrich oneself; indeed, most divorced people, male or female, would probably not recommend it as a wealth-enhancement strategy. But logic is never at home when it comes to Hanson.

The assertions were based on no evidence and in the case of the “two-way street” comment, demonstrably wrong. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, men accounted for about four in five, or 79 per cent, of family violence offenders that police proceeded against in 2023-24. And that’s only the ones who came to the attention of police.

One in six women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of a current or previous cohabiting partner, as opposed to one in 18 men.

Hanson made the remarks about domestic violence and family breakdown over two separate interviews reported this week; one on commercial radio in Brisbane and another on a podcast with a men’s rights activist-type.

Pauline, we’ve both been DV victims, so why do you describe it so differently?

Now that One Nation is enjoying mainstream support, journalists are combing........

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