News live: Joyce denies One Nation wants White Australia policy after Hanson backs mass deportations

One Nation has drawn criticism for its recent statements on immigration and deportation. The party has suggested it would deport people overstaying their visas, even those seeking medical care. Critics have compared this to Australia's White Australia policy—a decades-old, racially-restrictive immigration framework that shaped the nation's immigration controls. Party members deny they're seeking to revive that policy, saying their comments have been taken out of context. Per The Guardian, they maintain they were simply discussing Australia's history of immigration policy changes.

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