‘Orange elephant in the room’: Pauline Hanson’s political rise is inspiring racism, inquiry hears

Tanya Hosch told the inquiry she believed many of the things One Nation’s Pauline Hanson, pictured, said had ‘racist intent’. Photograph: Jesse Thompson/Getty Images

The rise of One Nation is fuelling racism, a federal parliamentary inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at First Nations people has been told, with high‑profile Indigenous journalists warning the inquiry that 1970s‑style racism “is back”.

The inquiry is holding public hearings in Melbourne this week, hearing evidence from prominent personalities and sporting groups about their experiences of racism, discrimination, violence and harm across Australia.