 In 2000, the University of NSW Press published the book "Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand", which identified Hanson as a central figure in the "racism debate" in Australia of the 1990s, noting that senior Australian academics such as Jon Stratton, Ghassan Hage and Andrew Jakubowicz had explored Hanson's significance in an international as well as national context.Hanson lives in Beaudesert, Queensland, on a large property.She also owns a property in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales.