Pauline Hanson has criticised Islam - yet again - saying she believed it "hates" Western society and wants "to change us" in an interview with ABC TV's Insiders.
"It is purporting to be a religion but I believe it is a political ideology who want to impose their Sharia law and impose their way of life and their thoughts, processes, on the rest of our society," she said.
"They hate Western society. They want to change us. Do you want to be changed? Would you be happy under Islam?"
Hanson applauded former prime minister John Howard for cutting back immigration intakes in the mid-1990s, when she was first in parliament. She continues to believe the immigration program should be slashed further.
"If you are going to have different races that come into Australia, they've got to actually assimilate and blend into our society and become Australians," she said, insisting that wasn't happening in some areas and promising to "keep an eye on this".
What's changed over the past 20 years
Senior coalition MPs say Pauline Hanson and One Nation are more sophisticated, more evolved, and "a very different beast" than two decades ago.
"I think my policies haven't changed over the years," Hanson said.
"Immigration, again, I'm still the same - cut back on our immigration for our quality and way of life in Australia."
What has changed, she says, is that she's not just a lonely independent in the lower house. This time she's on the influential Senate crossbench and has two One Nation companions (and likely a third once Rod Culleton's vacant seat is re-filled).
