MEDIA RELEASE

June 10, 2019

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has indicated she is not sold on the Government’s $144 billion dollar tax cut plans ahead of Parliament resuming on July 2 and therefore not likely to support the measures.

Instead, Senator Hanson has listed three priorities she hopes the Government will green light ahead of the proposed cuts to bolster the nation’s economy.

Senator Hanson said, “What modest tax cuts middle to high-income earners will receive over the short term will only be chewed up by the increased cost of living expenses like power and water.”

“If this Government is serious about reducing the cost of living and building visionary infrastructure for all Australians, I’m suggesting they use up to $25 billion of the $144 billion dollars set aside for proposed tax cuts and build the Hybrid Bradfield Scheme and at least one new HELE coal-fired power station.”

“The Government can use delaying tactics like calling for feasibility studies all they like, but I’ll ask them, how feasible is a nation without adequate power and water?”

“I have been determined to drought-proof this country for more than 23 years and I strongly believe the people of Australia gave One Nation the shared balance-of-power responsibility to ensure this Government starts constructing nation-building projects.”

Senator Hanson has also been calling for a Royal Commission into Family Law after successfully lobbying the Turnbull Government to announce a comprehensive review into family law in 2017. It was the first review to be held since the Family Law Act was introduced in 1976.

“We have a very real problem that most politicians are choosing to ignore when it comes to Family Law. I find it outrageous to think this Government and previous have allowed the suicide rate of men and the murder of women to continue to grow because of a broken family law system,” Senator Hanson said.

“If there are three things I want to achieve before leaving Parliament, the Government now know what they are.”

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