From Pauline today:
The second first Pauline Hanson speech is on tonight. This morning, she was doorstopped in the press gallery.
If we keep heading down the path of selling our land and our houses and everything, we will be swamped by the Chinese. They talk about there is a smaller amount than other interests, foreign, even owned, but if Kidman station was sold they would be second to Britain.
Q: What do you make of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance given this is the first anniversary of him becoming PM?
I think a lot of people have been disappointed with him. They have expected more of him and his performance. He is treading very, what can I say, on thin water at the moment because he hasn’t got the numbers in the lower house. So the last election I think has been a big wake-up to the Liberal party and the National party. So people will want to see something happening. If they don’t start reining in the budget, I believe we will be heading down the path of a recession.
The population debate needs Pauline Hanson to shut up. It is not about race, ethnicity, being swamped by anything, economic nationalism, multiculturalism, or whether or not you like sweet and sour. It is about economic utility and equity and strategic stability.
The more Hanson muddies the “very thin water” with tuck shop racism the greater the emotional backlash against a crucial national interest debate.
