One Nation visits WA pre-export feedlot, supports exporters

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ONE NATION has reiterated its support for the livestock export industry, which it describes as a vital economic earner and employer for Australia.

The confirmation follows a One Nation visit to a major Western Australian pre-export feedlot that highlighted the high level of care and treatment given to sheep to ensure stress is reduced, health is maintained, and quality remains high.

The visiting delegation was headed by One Nation’s member of Western Australia’s Legislative Council, Colin Tincknell. One Nation federal leader Pauline Hanson was due to attend but was a late withdrawal due to the flu.

“It makes sense that our farmers and the feedlots provide the sheep the best of care; the livelihoods of everyone in the industry depends on it and, just like with any other commercial purchase, the customers won’t accept poor quality,” Senator Hanson said.

“Our livestock industry is managed by experts, our facilities are well designed and managed, a lot of care goes into the industry, and that’s why Australia’s exported sheep are the best in the world.”

The visited feedlot can house 84,000 sheep in winter and 95,000 in summer, prior to export to Israel, Jordan and Turkey, which all have specific health protocols that must be met in order for the sheep to be accepted.

“We must shear the sheep if they have more than 20mm of wool, and we must divide them into weight categories and put them on the ship as per those weight categories and the type of sheep,” Harold Sealy, of Livestock Shipping Services, explained.

“They come in from the farm, we put them on the vessel and they arrive at their destination at their original weight or a fraction better; it shows that the animals have travelled well and work has been done to eliminate stress.”

International competition from other sheep exporters means Australian sheep must be of the highest quality to ensure acceptance.

Among the care given, the holding yards are very well ventilated, the sheep are fed a specially formulated feed, parasite controls are carried out as per the needs of the buyers, and veterinarians carry out very regular checks of the animals, including daily during shipping.

“Without us delivering an article to the customer, we don’t have an income, so we take great care of our animals, as do our farmers, and it’s insulting to say we don’t care about our animals,” Mr Sealy said.

“One of our biggest selling points is we are Australia – we have great biosecurity and we have a very healthy animal, and the health of that animal is one of the reasons they want to have that animal.”

Mr Tincknell said he was pleased to visit the feedlot and see the quality operation for himself.

“This industry is so important to us as a state but also as a country; it employs a lot of people, it returns a lot of wealth to us,” the Western Australian One Nation MLC said.

“We are a society that needs to look after people who are less fortunate than ourselves, we need to have a good health system, good schools, and the only way we can do that is to have great industries that bring in income to this state and this country – this is one of those industries.”

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Pauline Hanson wants safety upgrades to keep rock climb open. | Media release

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Powerful emotions were on display when Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson met with the Anangu Mayatja Council of Elders at the base of Uluru to discuss Anangu jobs, the parliaments push to accept the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the imminent closure of the Rock climb.

The unlikeliest of allies flew into Uluru at the request of Traditional Elders following comments by Senator Hanson on Nine’s Today Show, that she didn’t understand why after 55 years of climbing, local aboriginals were keen to shut the tourist trail once and for all.

Senator Hanson said, “My view on keeping the climb open hasn’t changed, but my understanding of the need for better safety has.”

“After standing at the base of the Rock, I knew the climb was going to be tough – but after making it as high as the chain and having my shoes slip a number of times, I was terrified the further I went, the more likely I was to have an accident and fall down.”

“I’m surprised the Territory and Federal Government’s have allowed the climb to remain as unsafe as it is for this long.”

“If the Rock is to ever re-open, it needs a major overhaul of its safety, somewhat similar to the type of protection used on the Sydney Harbour Bridge climb.”

Visitor numbers are set to exceed 500,000 this year as the October 26 deadline fast approaches and the climb is closed for good.

“If tourist numbers drop off following the climb closure, I hold grave concerns for Aboriginal jobs and the ability for the $300 million dollar loan to purchase the resorts will be repaid to the Government.”

Local Anangu Elders also described their worry over the National Indigenous Training Academy (NITA), who they say disregard local Anangu people for jobs at the Ayers Rock Resort.

Anangu Mayatja Council Elder, Tjimpuna Ruby said up to 150 Anangu people live in the Mutitjulu community, but are overlooked for some of the most menial of jobs like cleaning, customer service and some of the more desired positions including Park Ranger.

Ms Ruby said, “Jobs are going to First Nation people from Queensland, New South Wales and other locations across Australia before her own people which is affecting the mindsets of locals. They are feeling ignored and rejected by their own people which is creating enormous divide amongst traditional owners of the Rock.”

The six Anangu Mayatja Council Elders also told Senator Hanson that they do not accept the Uluru Statement from the Heart, describing it as a “rag” that does not speak for their people.

Ms Ruby said, “I want the aboriginal academics and activists to stop talking on behalf of the Anangu people. They are not closing the gap, they are widening and whitening the gap.”

Senator Hanson has given her commitment to helping the Anangu people meet with the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Ken Wyatt and have a voice amongst other Government Ministers in Canberra.

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Media Release | Pauline Hanson suspended from Twitter

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Pauline Hanson suspended from Twitter

22/08/2019

Pauline Hanson has been suspended from Twitter over her unique suggestion to use electric cattle prods to disperse Brisbane’s disruptive criminal protestors, even though other users who seem to be wishing her ill-will are continuing to tweet.

The One Nation senator has appealed the suspension, describing it as part of the ongoing efforts of the left to stop freedom of speech and silence anyone with whom they don’t agree.

“I don’t see how my tweet was somehow offensive and potentially harmful, if those tweets wishing I’d fall of Uluru are not,” Senator Hanson said.

Video that got Pauline Hanson suspened from Twitter

“This is just a concerted effort by the left to once again push for the censorship of conservative politicians and commentators, but I won’t be silenced and I will keep working for the good of all Australians.”

Senator Hanson has been the subject of abusive tweets that seem to support her death or serious injury:

One user, @wito_eminem, tweeted:  “Praying for Pauline to fall off Uluru”.

Another, @RunAtMeBro, tweeted: “I wouldn’t mind seeing Pauline slip & break her neck climbing Uluru”. To that, user @foxydubz1 replied: “100%”.

And still another, @drunkyayo, had suggested:  “why is pauline hanson trending… bitch, I’ll kill u”

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The tweets, which have not (yet)  seen their users banned, are emerging as Senator Hanson meets with traditional owners at Uluru, to discuss options to prevent the closure of the iconic tourist attraction and save valuable jobs and income for many Aboriginal workers.

Twitter ruled that her cattle prod tweet from Sunday was in breach of a rule that says users “may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. We consider abusive behavior an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else’s voice.” 

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Senator Hanson said her account suspension highlighted the double standards and weaknesses in Twitter’s administration.

“The left has bullied Twitter into suspending my account, yet others who are quite vicious are free to keep going on with their ill-informed rubbish,” she said.

Senator Hanson tweeted a link to a video on the weekend, where she suggested cattle prods might be useful for police to disperse protestors who are regularly blocking traffic and disrupting hardworking everyday Australians going about their lives.

“When the farmers have trouble getting the cattle up off the floor of the trucks, or in the cattle yards, they just touch them with this and they’ll soon move; it doesn’t matter how big the beast are, they will move with this,” Senator Hanson says in the video, while holding the cattle prod.

“Well, recently, we’ve had all the protestors in Brisbane, lying on the streets, gluing themselves. And what about the protestors now? They want to go to the airports, stop the traffic at the airports.

“How about you? How about if you need to get through the traffic, maybe take a loved one to hospital, or desperately need to get to your job, or something’s happening, and the protestors are there? You know what I reckon the solution. Let’s use one of these on them. I think they’ll soon move.

“Let’s give the idea to Annastacia Palaszczuk; see if she’s actually got the guts to give it to the police to actually start using these. I would.”

In her Twitter suspension appeal, Senator Hanson said tasers and cattle prods were low voltage and non-lethal and only suggested their use on people who block traffic or airports.

Pauline Hanson thanks the North Burnett region

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I’D LIKE to say thanks to all the local people who took the time to catch up with myself and fellow One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts during our trip to the region recently.

Malcolm and I met with hundreds of locals across the region, including Coalstoun Lakes, who are battling for a reliable water supply for their farms, at the wonderful community event that is the Biggenden campdraft, we joined in to honour our Vietnam veterans at the Maryborough RSL and also met with timber industry representatives who are battling Labor’s insane laws that will impact on their incomes, sawmills, local jobs and the economies of local towns.

It was a busy weekend but well worth it. Malcolm and I have listened to local people, learned about the various local needs, and will push for positive solutions.

While One Nation is small compared to the major parties, we will continue to work hard to raise the matters that are important to the people of Australia and push forward to achieve positive outcomes. It is always an uphill battle – especially with both the Liberals and Labor against us – but we won’t give up.

Our visits to places like the North Burnett remind us just how important it is that we keep raising our voices for a better Australia. Once again, thanks to everyone in Coalstoun Lakes, Biggenden and Maryborough who made us feel so welcome. Your hospitality is much appreciated.

— Pauline Hanson,
Senator for Queensland,
Leader of One Nation

Origionaly published in the Central & North Burnett Times, 22/08/2019

MEDIA RELEASE | Pauline Hanson urges funds for Coalstoun Lakes farmers, not Pacific Islands

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Pauline Hanson urges funds for Coalstoun Lakes farmers, not Pacific Islands

20/08/2019

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wants some of the Australian taxpayer money earmarked for the Pacific Islands to be redirected instead to needy farmers in Coalstoun Lakes, near Maryborough.

The area includes some of the most fertile farming land in Australia, yet their crops struggle due to lack of a secure water source.

Senator Pauline Hanson and Senator Malcolm Roberts with members of the Coalstoun Lakes Development Group.

“I’m angry that the Government has given $500-million to the Pacific Islands based on this climate challenge rhetoric, as if it’s going to make a difference to them, which it won’t,” Senator Hanson said.

“And, meantime, we can’t provide the essential survival commodity, water, for our townships and the farming sector.

“They’re killing our farms, and the Government is reluctant to do something about it.”

The One Nation leader’s comments follow a weekend trip with fellow senator Malcolm Roberts to the North Burnett in Queensland, to attend various events and meetings in Coalstoun Lakes, Biggenden and Maryborough.

The duo met with about 40 representatives of the Coalstoun Lakes Development Group, which continues to push a case for a water supply from Paradise Dam to irrigate their crops.

One farmer at the meeting noted how his peanut crop had dropped from 150-tonne last year to 40-tonne this year, simply due to lack of water.

Senator Hanson said the Australian Government should fund a 35-kilometre water pipe from the dam, which already provides irrigation water to farms elsewhere in the region, to the properties in Coalstoun Lakes. The estimated cost of the project could be $100-million.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged $500-million to nations in the Pacific Islands, starting in 2020 and spread over five years, to support initiatives to address the alleged effects of climate change.

“Coalstoun Lakes is feeling the effects of the drought. It’s some of the most fertile land around – probably on par with the Lockyer Valley, it’s very fertile – but the problem is the lack of water,” Senator Hanson explained.

“I will be pushing for the government to put the money into the pipeline. It will boost the jobs in the area – up to 1000 jobs – and it will increase productivity on the farms.”

More information about the Coalstoun Lakes Development Group is available here: https://www.coalstounlakes.org/

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Media release | Pauline Hanson urges public input into Medicare card photo inquiry.

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Hanson urges public input into Medicare card photo inquiry.

20/08/2019

Senator Pauline Hanson is encouraging the public to submit their views to an inquiry investigating whether we need photo identification printed on our Medicare cards.

A Bill to add the extra security measure to the plastic cards has been put forward by Sen Hanson and One Nation to reduce cases of fraud in the health system and make significant savings to the health budget.

The Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs is holding an inquiry into the Bill, with the public invited to make submissions to that investigation.

Senator Hanson believes it is just too easy to commit fraud against the Commonwealth – with taxpayers bearing the cost – due to the simplicity of the card.

“Our Medicare cards are just a small bit of green plastic, with some text and numbers, but no security features,” Sen Hanson said.

“The identity of the ‘card holder’ can be easily faked due to that one big glaring shortcoming – no photo to help identify that the user of the card is actually the rightful owner.

“It’s easily used by someone who doesn’t actually own the card and who isn’t entitled to taxpayer-funded benefits.

“It is a practice that is costing Australia’s strapped health services and budget generally.”

Sen Hanson noted the plain Medicare cards could be used by family members, friends, as well as the 60,000-plus visa over-stayers who are not entitled to access Australia’s health services.

The cards can also be used as identification to set up bank loans, sign up for phone plans, apply for credit cards under a false name, registering a business and even buying or renting property.

“It’s quite a surprise really – in this era of security-consciousness, where almost every major business and government service provider requires you to satisfy several security questions and provide multiple items to prove your identity – that we do not yet in Australia have photos on our Medicare cards,” Sen Hanson said.

“We have photos on our driver’s licences, photos in our passports, university student cards and similar, all for security and identification purposes, and it makes sense to also have photos on our Medicare cards.

“Australia has left the entire Medicare bulk billing system vulnerable to abuse. It really is time for some serious action.”

Senator Hanson supports the Senate Committee inquiry into her Bill, to substantiate the extent of the misuse of Medicare cards and the cost to Australia.

Submissions to the inquiry must be lodged by August 30, to be followed by public hearings in September. The committee’s final report is scheduled to be tabled on October 16.

Details for making submissions are available here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/MedicarePhotoID

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Aussies Deserve A Say On Immigration | Pauline Hanson on 2GB with Michael McLaren

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