It makes for horrible reading at The Australian as Pauline Hanson’s pure racism wrecks the population debate:
Malcolm Turnbull and Islamic leaders have united to reject Pauline Hanson’s call for a ban on immigration and her claim in the Senate last night that Australia was being “swamped” by Muslims and could soon be ruled by sharia law.
The One Nation leader also announced a radical one-child welfare policy, called for an identity card and hit out at the Chinese for buying “everything”.
Laying out her manifesto for her next six years in parliament in her Senate maiden speech, Senator Hanson made clear those immigrants who did not agree with her views should leave Australia. “I will take you to the airport and wave you goodbye, with sincere best wishes,” she said.
…She also cautioned that Australia was “in danger of being swamped by Asians” who had their “own culture and religion, form ghettos and do not assimilate”.
…Asked for his response, the Prime Minister told The Australian: “Senator Hanson knows I do not agree with her views on migration. Australia is the world’s most successful multicultural society and the foundation of that success is mutual respect.”
…Foreign Minister Julie Bishop rejected Senator Hanson’s views about Muslims and her attack on multiculturalism.
…John Howard, whom Senator Hanson blames for the end of her first political career, had no comment on the speech last night but pointed out he had previously said a ban on Muslim immigration would be bad for Australia.
…Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief James Pearson suggested Senator Hanson was exaggerating the facts and pointed to data released by Scott Morrison that revealed 0.38 per cent of agricultural land was held by Chinese investors.
…Liberal MP Michael Sukkar dismissed Senator Hanson’s comments as “ridiculous”, saying there was no nexus between land sales and the composition of the country’s migration program.
…Greens leader Richard Di Natale labelled the remarks “horribly divisive race politics that had no place in modern Australia”.
Way to go, Pauline. The population ponzi has no greater friend.
