The One Nation leader’s fiery speech at an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne on Sunday drew thunderous cheers from supporters, while chaos erupted outside as rival groups clashed in the streets.

Defiant crowds waving Australian flags and boxing kangaroo banners marched from Flinders Street to Flagstaff Gardens for the ‘Put Australia First’ event.

The protest, led by Reignite Democracy Australia founder Monica Smit, was met by hundreds of anti-racism activists determined to shut it down, igniting tense standoffs and violent scuffles that forced riot police to intervene.

‘The biggest issue facing this nation at the moment is immigration,’ Hanson said, before blasting the Albanese government.

‘Under this government, we brought in over 1.5 million people into the country. That’s why your housing has increased. That’s why your health services have slackened. That’s why you’re having trouble finding jobs.’

Hanson branded the immigration system ‘nothing but a Ponzi scheme’, accusing the government of bringing in more migrants to prop up tax revenue while ordinary Australians suffer.

Pauline Hanson (pictured) said she would drive disloyal migrants to the airport personally

‘I’m not doing my job as a member of parliament if I see people living in tents, under bridges, in parks, couch surfing, or families living in cars,’ she said.

‘That is not the country that I want.’

But it was her ultimatum to new Australians that drew the loudest applause.

‘I welcome you to this country as long as you give this country your undivided loyalty,’ Hanson said.

‘If you don’t, I’ll be the first one to take you to the airport and put you on a plane.’

The crowd roared as Hanson doubled down.

‘I am not anti-migrant. I am not against anyone who wants to come here and give this country their undivided loyalty.’

The rally ended with Hanson urging voters to ‘take back the country the right way, at the ballot box’.

Pauline Hanson (pictured) revealed she would be running candidates across Victoria next year

Hanson also vowed to run One Nation candidates in Victoria at the coming state election in 2026, but said she wouldn’t want to live there.

‘I’m not from Victoria and, to tell you the truth, I wouldn’t move to Victoria,’ Hanson said. ‘I’ll stay in Queensland, thank you very much.

‘We have our problems there, but when I see what the Labor Party has done to this state… and the Liberals haven’t been much better. They don’t fight. I see it all the time.’

Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell, One Nation’s first elected representative in the Victorian Parliament, told Daily Mail that rally attendees were ‘over the moon’ to hear Senator Hanson speak as the party gears up for the election.

During Hanson’s speech, a heckler used a megaphone with blaring sirens in an attempt to drown her out, repeatedly shouting ‘racists’ and ‘Go home Pauline’ before being removed by police.

Riot squad officers were forced to form a barrier to separate the opposing groups after scuffles broke out.

Tyrrell, who witnessed the brawl, said the scuffle lasted barely a minute, with the protesters swiftly escorted from the rally.

Hanson’s supporters shoved aside counter-protesters, with several men becoming embroiled in a fist fight until police intervened.

Pauline Hanson (pictured) greeted supporters between a caged fence following her speech

Riot police were sent out into Melbourne’s CBD to seperate the rally and the counter protesters

Hanson later interacted with supporters separated by a fence barrier and was escorted by police to her vehicle amid fears of another confrontation.

The speech comes as Hanson surges in popularity, with the party polling at an all-time high of between 15 and 18 per cent, surpassing the Greens as the third-most popular party in Australia.

Her comments come just days after Hanson was suspended from the Senate for seven days, following a dramatic protest in which she entered Parliament wearing a full black burqa.

The stunt, staged on 24 November, was Hanson’s response to being blocked from introducing a bill to ban full-face coverings in public spaces, similar to existing restrictions on motorcycle helmets in banks and other institutions.