‘Racist redhead redneck’: Pauline Hanson fields attack from Aboriginal leader

Ms Hanson was confronted by Aboriginal leader Murrandoo Yanner, who told the One Nation party leader to leave.

Mr Yanner has been an activist for Aboriginal rights and an elder of the Ganhalidda people in the Carpenteria region of northern Queensland.

“You’re just a racist redneck with your red hair”.

“You are intellectually dishonest and you are not welcome here”.

The incident was captured in a video clip that was gaining momentum on social media.

She said Mr Yanner could “make a big difference” with her.

‘This man stands for a lot of issues that I stand for as well and I have spoken out about 20 years ago, ‘ Ms Hanson said in the clip, while reading off an iPad and sitting on a picturesque beach.

Afterwards, the Logan One Nation leader took to her own Facebook page, telling her 139,000-plus followers that she was “ashamed” by the incident and that she represented Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Islander communities.

The small crowd can be heard cheering Mr Yanner on as he continued to give Ms Hanson a piece of his mind.

“We have to work together, Murrandoo, please let’s work together on issues that are important to me and the Aboriginal people”, she said.

What do you think of Ms Hanson’s response? “He doesn’t like politicians; well, either [sic] do I because I don’t trust them and we need to work together on that”, Ms Hanson said.

She has previously criticised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for getting what she referred to as special and preferential treatment.

His sentiments were echoed by a woman who said she was indigenous.

Ms Hanson was elected as a senator in Queensland in the July 2 federal election.

She used her maiden speech when elected to the House of Representatives in 1996 to criticise Aboriginal land rights, welfare and reconciliation.

Ms Hanson has courted widespread controversy for her attitudes toward Asian and Muslim immigration.