Aussie country music legend John Williamson pens viral letter ridiculing Pauline Hanson’s anti-immigrant policy platform

Aussie country music legend John Williamson has slammed Pauline Hanson in a pair of cheeky letters that were photographed and posted on his official social media pages. The ARIA hall-of-farmer and 27-time Golden Guitar winner posted a pair of signed letters on his Facebook account on Sunday morning, poking fun at the One Nation leader and vocal anti-immigration campaigner. In the first of two letters, Williamson said cuisine in country Australia had “improved out of sight” as a result of immigration. “Even your fish ‘n chip shop concept was brought here by the Greeks,” Williamson wrote. “In Sydney, there would not be one restaurant we know that is not owned or served by those you seem to despise. What are you holding on to? “None of us really own Australia. We simply earn the privilege to be a part of it.” In a second letter, Williamson addressed Senator Hanson’s well-documented objection to the flying of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags alongside the Australian flag. “You are really bothered by the fact we seem to have two or three flags representing our country. I am really bothered by that too. So why don’t we have a flag that brings us all together?” he wrote. “The current National British ensign that racists wrap themselves in surely doesn’t do the job.” Williamson has a well-documented history of denouncing far-right political movements in Australia, especially when the use of his music is involved. In October 2025, Williamson spoke out against the March for Australia rallies, which despite rejections from organisers have widely been reported as being orchestrated by neo-Nazis. “True Blue is a song for all Australian and should not be hijacked by any group that seeks to use the song to sow division,” he said at the time. “I believe in a multicultural society – one where all Australians come together in unity to celebrate our unique multicultural nature and freedoms.” Senator Hanson’s xenophobic sentiment has served as a major feature of her policy platform for decades and began as early as her maiden speech in parliament when she claimed Australia was “in danger of being swamped by Asians”. More recently, Senator Hanson found herself in hot water in February after she suggested there were no “good Muslims” during an interview with Sky News. In 2024, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that Senator Hanson had breached the Racial Discrimination Act when she told senator Mehreen Faruqi to “piss of back to Pakistan” in a tweet that was later deleted. The One Nation leader has appealed against the verdict, and the case remains before the Supreme Court.