One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says Scott Morrison deserves to lose the next election with his knee jerk reaction to rule out giving One Nation preferences ahead of the federal election.
Senator Hanson said, “If the Prime Minister feels it is better for the Liberals to flow their preferences to the economy destroying Greens and Labor before One Nation, Australian voters will react.”
One Nation has worked constructively with the Coalition Government for almost 3 years, while Labor and the Greens have opposed almost all legislation put before the Parliament.
“I’ve had an open door policy for all sides of politics after being elected in 2016, with neither sides raising concerns over my policies before.”
“Australian’s concerns would be ignored without One Nation on the floor of Parliament. Without my input, we wouldn’t be having the discussion on water security, immigration, free trade deals or coal.”
One Nation came close to winning 21 seats across Queensland at the 2017 state election, however, the LNP and Labor chose to preference one another on how-to-vote cards in a number of seats the minor party would otherwise have won. (based on two-party-preferred results)
“Queenslanders have Mr. Morrison’s party to thank for Jackie Trad being returned as a result of a Liberal National’s preference deal with Labor in the seat of South Brisbane.”
“Some of the most destructive vegetation management laws have devastated farming in parts of Queensland as a result of the LNP’s deal with Labor.”
Senator Hanson believes the Liberals flow of preferences to Labor and the Greens will only fast track the war on coal and end tens of thousands of mining jobs across Australia.
“We have already received calls from sitting Members of the Liberal and National parties who have expressed their disgust with the Prime Ministers comments.”
One Nation has committed to run in all 31 federal seats across Queensland and will discuss preferences after the New South Wales state election.
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This week Senator Hanson will be visiting flood affected North Queensland in lieu of attending senate estimates.
The Queensland senator has arrived in Cloncurry and is set to meet with local Mayor, Greg Campbell along with graziers before heading to Julia Creek.
Senator Hanson said, “It’s important I see and learn first hand what help Queenslanders in flood-affected communities require.
“Senate estimates happens once every few months, whereas this is a one in five-hundred-year flood and I intend to ensure the people who need help, get help.”
Farmers have remained in daily contact with Senator Hanson’s office since flood waters swept cattle away and stranded hundreds of thousands without food and exposing them to pneumonia.
“The people out here in North West Queensland give me straight answers and don’t beat around the bush, unlike departmental bureaucrats who prefer to waste my time during estimates,” Senator Hanson said.
“On the surface, the Prime Minister appears to have given strong support to these flood and drought victims, but it’s my intention to keep the finger on the pulse to ensure the government doesn’t leave these people in the lurch after a few weeks.”
The Senator makes no apologies for putting Queensland farmers and flood victims first.
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Australia’s water woes will be solved not by demonising our farmers and destroying our nation’s agricultural sector but by investing in water infrastructure and using human ingenuity to overcome adversity.
Due to a total lack of vision from our major parties we are now seeing thousands of gigalitres of water from monsoonal rains flowing into the ocean off Northern Queensland, while the southern regions of Australia go without.
People don’t realise but if we simply collected roughly one weeks’ worth of the water currently going to waste, flowing into the ocean, it would be enough to supply every irrigator in the Murray-Darling basin with water for a year.
One Nation believes we need to undertake a comprehensive nation building project, known as the Hybrid Bradfield Scheme, to increase the water storage capacity of Northern Queensland, by building more dams and upgrading existing infrastructure, so that this additional water can be redirected towards the areas of Australia that need it the most.
By implementing this Hybrid Bradfield Scheme we could drought proof Central Queensland, help fix the water issues in the Murray Darling and offer new hydroelectricity projects for the country.
At last costing, the Hybrid Bradfield Scheme was set at $9 billion dollars. This is a pittance when the long term benefits of such a program are brought into the equation.
When you account for the amount of revenue that would be generated by the increased agricultural productivity and the additional power generated by the project, it would quickly pay for itself.
It will also create much needed jobs and grow the populations of our rural and regional communities.
It is time for people to accept our farmers are not the problem because they are more environmentally careful and more water efficient than at any other time in Australia’s history. They are part of the solution, not the problem and they need our support.
One Nation will again be taking this proposal for a Hybrid Bradfield Scheme as a policy to the next election.
We will deliver the nation building, water security infrastructure projects that this country is crying out for.
The other parties can have all the bridges and tunnels they want but if we don’t have the water infrastructure required for our survival our nation will starve.
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Senator Hanson’s response to Government’s statement on their failure to follow Senate procedure dealing with trade deal transparency
5/12/2018
MALCOLM Turnbull called half a million Australians who voted for One Nation ‘dumb’ in the last federal election.
This assessment of voters, is one of the reasons, the government ignored the requirement to consult with the Senate in advance of signing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP-11 on the 8th of March 2018.
The facts are not in dispute. The government did not table the TPP-11, in advance of signing it. The government holds the Senate, in contempt, by not complying with Senate rules which require these types of documents to be tabled at least 14 days before signing.
The failure by the Attorney-General to release the full Brexit legal advice triggered a vote in the British Parliament yesterday which found Ministers in contempt of the Parliament and ordered the immediate publication of the advice.
The British government after the vote said they would now publish the advice.
The parallels between the failure of this government to table the TPP-11 and the failure of the British government to table Brexit advice are obvious. The difference between the two governments is that our government thinks contempt is a badge of honour and the British government thinks it’s a badge of shame.
The government has told us they will not bend to the will of the Senate and table free trade agreements in advance of signing them.
They do say they will continue to ignore the will of the Senate and the people of Australia and make the agreements public after they have been signed leaving no option for those affected, but to accept it.
Deals done in secret always raise concerns about corruption.
Instead of persuading the Senate to change the procedural order of continuing effect 20, the government prefers to treat the Senate as a rubber stamp.
Although the government signed up to the TPP-11 in March it took until October for the government to present the enabling legislation to the Senate.
I did not support the TPP-11enabling legislation, in the hope the government would be unable to complete all the applicable legal procedures necessary for entry into force of the Agreement.
I am worried about the TPP-11 free trade agreement, because jobs will go overseas and because land-mine provisions known as investor-state dispute settlement provisions or ISDS provisions, remain.
The damage these ISDS provisions have on us is illustrated in the Phillip Morris Case.
Phillip Morris decided to sue the Australian government after the passage of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act in 2011.
The company could have sued the Australian government, in an Australian court, but they thought their chances were better in an international tribunal, using international law. Philip Morris looked for a suitable free trade agreement with Australia, and then restructured their business to create an overseas parent company in Hong Kong
The government says it won the Philip Morris case, but in fact the case was not heard, because the Tribunal decided it was abuse to restructure, just to sue the Australian government.
Challenges to Australia’s tobacco packaging policy continue within the World Trade Organisation.
We should never have allowed the decisions 3 person tribunals, operating under international laws, to over- ride the High Court of Australia.
One Nation rejects the view of globalists, like Malcolm Turnbull, who wants us to surrender our hard won freedom to make laws that apply to Australians and those who trade with us.
The decision to sign the TPP-11 agreement, without complying with Senate Standing Order 20, is in my view a serious matter.
My fellow Senators agree with me, because Notice of Motion 1295 standing in my name was supported by the Senate yesterday. That Motion brought Minister Birmingham here today to explain the government’s position.
I call on the government to test its ‘public interest immunity’ argument and its failure to comply with Senate procedure, before the High Court, because it is just wrong that these free trade agreements are not reviewed in the Senate.
Some might say it is a waste of money to go to the High Court, but we reportedly spent 50 million dollars on the Philip Morris case, so frankly a few thousand dollars is money well spent, if we can rid ourselves of the ISDS provisions.
The government has told the Senate the ISDS provisions represent a theoretical risk, but I know of 2 cases brought against Australia in recent years, including the most recent case involving APR Energy.
In 2016 APR Energy, advised the government of a dispute under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement. The company is suing the Australian government, because the assets it leased to an Australian company were re-possessed by the ANZ Bank. An international tribunal will be asked to decide if the Australian government is liable for company losses pursuant to the passage of the Personal Property Securities Act in 2009.
Does this mean that every overseas company that loses money can be compensated by the Australian taxpayer?
I warned the Parliament in 1998 about Multilateral Agreements on Investment provisions, which included the right to sue governments if legislation threatened their interests.
No one took any notice of me, and here we are with ISDS provisions in most free trade agreements, acting like land mines just waiting to blow up.
These ISDS provisions expose taxpayers to staggering losses, incurred by non-resident foreign owned companies.
Australia is particularly exposed to ISDS losses, because of the number of multinational companies, operating here. These multinationals can pick and choose from an array of free trade agreement, when they want to sue the Australian government.
These companies have revenues greater than most countries in the world and deep pockets to fund actions against governments.
The provisions that allow foreign owned multinational companies to sue the Australian government are not in the national interest.
Their existence in many agreements including TPP 11 may be a factor in the government’s unwillingness to reform weak laws that give us payment for our vast reserves of gas in Commonwealth water.
Are the benefits of free trade agreements including investor-state dispute settlement provisions worth the risk of being sued in an international tribunal?
The answer to that question depends on whether you are a winner or a loser in TPP-11.
In my view the risks in the TPP-11 outweigh the benefits. New Zealand has side letters voiding the ISDS provisions so why don’t we have the same.
The government has oversold the benefits of the TPP-11. Take for example the claim that our dairy industry will benefit by being given access to the Canadian dairy market. The claim sounds good until you find out that the 11 Pacific rim countries will collectively be given access to just 3.5% of the Canadian dairy market and that New Zealand a lower cost dairy country is making heavy in roads into the Australian market.
If the government had its way they would continue to sign free trade agreements without ever consulting Senate.
The Opposition voted with the government to pass the enabling TPP-11 legislation but now after the horse has bolted say they will negotiate changes when they form government next year.
If Labor cannot get the TPP-11 changed then the ISDS provisions will remain, jobs will go overseas and 5000 plus jobs in Australia will be taken by foreign workers.
The kind of accountability small parties bring to government is a thorn in the side of the two major parties.
Increasingly Australians are voting for small parties in the Senate. This is evidenced by the fact that nearly one in four primary votes cast for a small party in the 2016 federal election.
It is my view that the two -party system, where government is formed by one of the two major parties, no-longer serves the national interest.
I can see a time where government is formed by a coalition of smaller parties. It works well in Germany, where it has provided stability and prosperity for the largest economy in Europe.
FULL SPEECH
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Senator Hanson delivered a stinging “please explain” to the Government today when she demanded to know why they chose to breach Senate procedures by failing to table the full text of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership-11 for consideration before signing it into law.
During Question time Senator Hanson grilled the Government over this apparent lack of transparency by asking Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator Birmingham, “Does the Minister hold the rules of the Senate in such little regard that he feels he does not need to comply with them?”
Senator Birmingham said that he would take Senator Hanson’s questions on notice.
“The decision to sign the TPP-11 agreement, without complying with Senate Standing Orders is a serious matter and I will be pursuing this further,” Senator Hanson said
According to Senate standing orders the Government is required to provide a copy of the full text of agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the Senate 14 days prior to signing.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was signed on the 8th March 2018, prior to a copy being tabled in the Senate.
FULL QUESTION
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Australians will now have until 31st of January 2019 to opt-out of the My Health Record system after an amendment proposed by One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson to extend the initial opt-out period received support from the Senate.
The decision to extend the 15th of November deadline was made after Senator Hanson’s office received a number of complaints that Australians were having difficulty completing the opt out process.
“I believe that the My Health Record system will benefit many Australians but with the website crashing and people reporting difficulty opting out I believed it was only fair and reasonable to extend the initial opt-out period.” Senator Hanson said.
“People should be aware that even after the 31st January 2019 they can still opt out at any time and request that their records be destroyed.”
Senator Hanson stressed that it was also important for Australians to be informed of some key points regarding the My Health Record system such as:
Australians will have total control of their records.
Australians will be able to view their own records and see who has accessed their records at any time.
The records will not be retrospective unless a request is made that historical information be added.
Individuals or corporations found to be abusing the system could face hefty punishment including possible jail time and fines of over $300,000 dollars.
“One Nation is always happy to work with the crossbench and the other major parties to reach sensible decisions that are in the best interests of all Australians, and that is what we have seen today,” Senator Hanson said.
Senator Hanson also went on the record acknowledging that she would not be opting out of the My Health Record System.
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AFTER years of arduous talks with the Coalition, the Morrison Government is today anticipated to announce a $60 million dollar, One Nation inspired Regional Australia Apprenticeship Program, which will see 1600 apprenticeship positions made available, just weeks before high school leavers finish grade 12.
One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson said, “I’ve worked hard for many years to see this pilot program come to fruition and it’s pleasing to see Australian school kids, in regional parts of this country, will be able to approach the local panel beater, hairdresser, electrician, or builder, just to name a few occupations, and ask them to take them on as an apprentice with very little cost to the business.”
“There are 65 different apprenticeship opportunities as a result of today’s announcement and parents should be encouraging their kids to consider a trade instead of a university course.”
The pilot apprenticeship program will see employers paid by the Federal Government 75% of the first year’s wage, followed by 50% in the second and 25% in the third year.
“Businesses I’ve spoken to recognise the need to train more tradesmen and women, but it’s tough in small business right now and training costs and wages have been a major barrier,” Senator Hanson said.
“I understand this because unlike the majority of politicians in parliament I have had the hands on experience of employing and dealing with apprentices while owning and operating a plumbing business with my husband.”
“One Nation has removed the burden of cost to businesses, but more importantly, created a pathway for training Aussie kids in the trades that Governments have given to foreign workers as a result of domestic skill shortages.”
“For years both major parties have neglected Australian apprenticeships in favour of importing labour from overseas through the use of 457 visas and so called free trade agreements, One Nation is determined to put the focus back on Australian apprenticeships and Australian jobs.
The pilot program will focus on the National Skills Needs List (NSNL) and will be centred on regional apprenticeship opportunities, to ensure small towns retain their youth and decrease youth unemployment.
“Regional Australia have some of the highest youth unemployment numbers, this is why the decision was made to have my apprenticeship pilot program target these areas and I’m hopeful this initiative will start to turn things around,” Senator Hanson said.
Senator Hanson hopes the program will also be made available to family businesses, where parents can employ their kids to help keep businesses alive in regional communities.
“Often parents like the thought of passing their business onto their kids one day, so it’s important that if their kids want to learn the trade, the program is made available to family members also,” Senator Hanson said.
The Regional Australia Apprenticeship Program is set to be announced by the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education later today (October 31) in Wagga Wagga.
Senator Hanson hopes that once the pilot proves successful, future Governments will expand the program to ensure apprenticeship numbers and skilled labour increase across Australia.
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In an unforeseen backflip by the Government, both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Senate leader, Mathias Cormann have woken with white guilt and withdrawn their support for Senator Hanson’s Notice of Motion, it’s ok to be white.
”It’s one of the most remarkable days ever in Australian politics that Labor, Liberal and the Greens are now united in saying they would vote against a parliamentary motion condemning attacks on western civilisation and white people because of their skin colour,” Senator Hanson said.
“One Nation is the only party promoting racial tolerance and support for the great achievements of our Western civilisation.”
“If I had said, it’s ok to be black, every single senator in the chamber would have voted for it.”
“After this morning’s statement by Minister Cormann, I’m still unclear on which part of my motion they found so controversial that they disagree with?”
“What today’s announcement shows, is that this Government is either so worried about the outcome of the weekend’s Wentworth by-election that they feel the need to pander to left-wing extremists that believe it’s not ok to be white, or they blindly vote on important motions, bills and legislation without proper consideration.”
“As I stated on the floor of the Senate, I have always believed it’s ok to be black, white or brindle.”
FULL PRESS CONFERENCE
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Senator Hanson has slammed a UN report on the Paris Climate Agreement targets as alarmist rot and renewed her call for Australia to withdraw from the controversial agreement.
Senator Hanson accused the United Nation of trying to fear monger and bully Australia into shutting down its economy and called for Australia to immediately withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
“By refusing to do what is right and continuing to bow to the demands of the United Nations, Scott Morrison has proven why he was Malcolm Turnbull’s pick for Prime Minister,” Senator Hanson said.
“Australians have had enough with the United Nations’ bullying, fear mongering and their propaganda.”
“If the recommendations of this report were followed then hundreds of billions of dollars would be ripped from Australia’s economy, our mining industry would be destroyed, thousands of Australians would become unemployed and communities across the country would be wiped out.”
“Any political party that was serious about representing the best interests of Australians would condemn this report, condemn the United Nations for their bullying and alarmist tactics and get out of the Paris Agreement today.”
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Along with many like-minded Australians, I am of the opinion that Australia’s continued participation in the Paris Climate Agreement is not in the best interests of our great nation.
It is becoming more and more obvious with every passing day that the Paris Climate Agreement is flawed and its stipulations are ignored by many of the other nations that signed it.
Often people will speak of the voluntary or supposedly non-binding nature of this deal. Personally, I am not familiar with too many non-binding agreements that come with international debt collectors and a $400 million dollar price tag, a price tag that only looks set to grow.
I don’t recall any government telling the Australian people that signing the Paris Climate Agreement would eventually lead to organisations like the Global Climate Fund acting like standover men, knocking at our door, telling us to pay up, or else.
Australia has contributed billions of dollars to fight the supposed threat of catastrophic climate change yet to this day no one has been able to categorically state what effect our taxpayer dollars has had on global temperature.
My suspicion is that if we were to ask some of these so called experts to what degree the earth’s oceans and temperature would rise or fall if we left the Paris agreement and stop funnelling Australian money into global green groups, they would not be able to give us a convincing answer.
So I am writing today to ask you explicitly, please withdraw Australia from the United Nation’s Paris Climate Agreement.
I am also asking you to commit to ending the large contributions of Australian taxpayers’ money to international organisation like the Global Climate Fund.
If you cannot agree to support One Nation in these endeavours then I and many other concerned Australians, would appreciate it if you could please explain why.
Kind regards
Pauline Hanson
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