Hanson pledges to end multiculturalism as police investigate GetUp stunt

Pauline Hanson says multiculturalism is a "failed policy" in Australia. (ABC News: Adam Kennedy)

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has advocated to end multiculturalism during her first address at the National Press Club.

The senator's speech was interrupted by a banner that unfurled behind her, accusing her of taking a pay rise while opposing a wage increase for workers.

The National Press Club has referred the stunt and GetUp to the Australian Federal Police.

Pauline Hanson has laid out her vision to end multiculturalism in a landmark National Press Club address that was crashed by protesters.

The One Nation leader’s speech was briefly interrupted when a banner secretly installed by GetUp descended behind her, showing her photo and accusing the senator of taking a pay rise while opposing wage increases for workers.

It was quickly removed by Press Club staff, who have referred the incident to the Australian Federal Police. The club has apologised to Senator Hanson for the incident.

During her wide-ranging speech, the senator expressed her views on immigration, transgender rights, abortion and workplace relations.

She also branded Guardian journalist Sarah Martin "trashy" for her series of reports on the party's finances, including questions over her daughter Lee Hanson's job in the party.

But the One Nation leader focused her speech on the high migration levels to Australia after the pandemic, which she said was to blame for housing pressures and cultural tensions.

Senator Hanson accused the government of overseeing an "immigration catastrophe".

Pauline Hanson laid our her vision for Australia as a monoculture. (ABC News: Adam Kennedy)

"Under the failed policy of multiculturalism, all cultures are allowed equivalence to ours. Surely opposing that is not racist, it's common sense," she said.

She said western values were under siege and outlined her plan to eradicate "radical Islam" from Australia, accusing other countries such as Britian, Canada and France of becoming "s***holes" that were too "frightened" to crack down on extremism.

The senator also pledged to axe the SBS and make the ABC into a subscription-only service in the cities.

She told the Press Club she was not "anybody's football to kick around" before launching an extraordinary attack on the Guardian's Ms Martin.

Senator Hanson has clashed with reporters from the ABC and The Guardian in recent months over their coverage, and has banned the outlets from her events.

Ms Martin, who was in attendance, asked about the appointment of Senator Hanson's daughter to a lucrative One Nat