Pauline Hanson to emigrate to UK

Pauline Hanson.

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FORMER One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she plans to sell her Queensland property and resettle in Britain.

Fairfax and News Ltd newspapers say she revealed her plans in an interview with Woman's Day magazine, published on Monday.

"I'm going to be away indefinitely. It's pretty much goodbye forever," she was quoted as saying in the interview.

"I've really had enough. I want peace in my life. I want contentment, and that's what I'm aiming for."

The former federal MP's hardline views on race sparked a national debate over immigration policy and Aboriginal disadvantage from the time she entered parliament in 1996 at the same election which made John Howard prime minister.

Ms Hanson, 55, told the magazine she's disappointed with the way Australia has changed.

"Sadly, the land of opportunity is no more applicable," she said.

Ms Hanson said she'll sell her property at Coleyville, southwest of Brisbane, spend a few months in the South Island of New Zealand and eventually relocate to Britain.

Ms Hanson's father is English and her mother's family is Irish, which means she can hold dual citizenship.

Her last tilt at politics came last year with an unsuccessful bid for the Queensland state seat of Beaudesert as an independent.

In her maiden speech, Ms Hanson said she believed that "we are in danger of being swamped by Asians", and questioned multiculturalism.