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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.” 

Twitter suspension notice

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.

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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