Michael Thompson

Her speech was marked by a stunt from activist group GetUp, in which a banner was unrolled behind Hansen while she was talking.

And the banner said, I opposed a pay rise for workers while I took a $100,000 pay rise for myself.

The banner was quickly removed.

Now, One Nation is doing very, very well in the polls, but many of its key policies are so far unknown, which is why yesterday was kind of significant and pretty important.

What did we find out?

And you know what the S stands for.

Certainly got a very colourful turn of phrase, doesn't she?

And there was plenty to pay attention to because the speech ran for 50 minutes, which is way longer than normal at a press club event and only left time for a few questions.

She certainly didn't shy away from more controversial social issues.

She said that her main concern was radical Islam and that One Nation will restrict immigration from places immersed in extremism like radical Islam.

She went on to say, and I quote...

We oppose entirely people coming into this country and bringing with them the troubles that they have left behind, coming to this country and ignoring our values, our language, our traditions, our dress, and the fact that we are predominantly a Judeo-Christian society.

It's time we woke up.

I know that it was a very controversial speech and a lot of people will not agree with what was said.

A lot of people will agree with what was said, but I think it's a good thing that she delivered the speech.

Absolutely.

And her first press club speech in really what is a 30-year political career.

And it is an important part of when you become a party with so much of a following, you need to put your policies out there to be

scrutinized.

Really though, the person under most pressure from One Nation is not actually the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, but it's the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, right?