One Nation takes the lead in national polls
One Nation's rise has renewed debate over its ties to the Jewish community and antisemitism.
Nationals-turned-One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said this week that the Bondi massacre “lit the fuse” for support for his new party.
“Migration is merely one issue. There was a political bomb ready to go off, and Bondi lit the fuse,” Joyce told The Australian on Tuesday.
The latest Sky News Pulse poll has One Nation leading Labor 29 per cent to 26 per cent on primary voting intent, while Newspoll had One Nation at 31 per cent, Labor at 30 per cent and the Coalition on 18 per cent.
In the 2025 federal election, One Nation secured only 6.4 per cent of the primary vote.
The party’s relationship with the Australian Jewish community has been mixed. Hanson supports Israel and once entered the Senate wearing an Israeli flag, saying she was “standing up for the Jewish people”.
However, One Nation opposes hate speech legislation on free speech grounds, and calls for the repeal of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and the hate speech legislation introduced after the Bondi massacre.
Hanson stated, “We don’t need new laws to protect Australians from antisemitism. We need to enforce existing laws, something the Albanese government – to its eternal shame – didn’t do to protect Jewish Australians from antisemitism,” adding “One Nation is prepared to act decisively to protect Australians from radical Islamic terrorism, but this isn’t the way.”
Concerningly, One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts said he could not rule out that the Bondi Beach massacre was a “false flag” operation – a claim rejected by police and security officials – with Roberts stating in an interview: “You asked me if I thought it was a false flag. If I make a statement, it’s got to be backed by fact. I don’t have the facts yet. I’m not ruling it out – you’ll notice that.”
The party has also been criticised for attracting supporters with Nazi sympathies. In April 2026, it was revealed South Australian One Nation candidate Tyler Green had published antisemitic posts on social media including, “We need to stop fighting Jewish bankster wars!” and had promoted a Holocaust denial book.
Australian Jewish Association (AJA) CEO Robert Gregory said that although AJA does not endorse political parties, “I have consistently found senior One Nation figures to be strong supporters of both the Jewish community and Israel.”
“For years, AJA warned that attempts by some Jewish leaders to ostracise Pauline Hanson and One Nation were short-sighted and not in the community’s interests. Just two weeks before the Bondi terror attack, AJA was expelled from an antisemitism co-lab after refusing to delete a photograph with Pauline Hanson,” he said.
“The warm reception Pauline Hanson received from members of the Jewish community at Bondi Beach following the attack showed that, despite hostility from some communal leaders, One Nation enjoys considerable support among ordinary Jewish Australians.”
Labor MP Josh Burns issued a warning. “A party which scapegoats minorities whenever it’s politically convenient should be a big red flag, because when One Nation points the finger, the Jewish community knows it’s only a matter of time before it’s pointed back at us,” he said.