Pauline Hanson: Australian anti-Islam senator criticised

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36583181

Pauline Hanson: Australian anti-Islam senator criticised

Comments made by Australian senator-elect Pauline Hanson could lead to violence, according to the country's racial discrimination commissioner.
Ms Hanson won a Senate seat in Australia's recent election, and has called for an inquiry into Islam and "zero-net" migration.

She also repeated claims that Australia was being "swamped by Asians".
Her One Nation party could win several Senate seats once votes are counted.

"We have plenty of examples about how licensing hate can lead to serious violence and ugliness in our streets and communities," racial discrimination commissioner Tim Soutphommasane said, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"We shouldn't be doing anything to compromise the remarkable success story of Australian multiculturalism," he said.

Neither of Australia's major parties have been able to form a majority government after Saturday's election, and whoever can once the count is finalised will likely need to negotiate with Ms Hanson and other minor party senators to pass legislation.
A record number of Australians voted for minor parties such as One Nation, with commentators speculating that she secured a conservative vote that would have traditionally gone to the Liberal-National coalition government.

During a press conference Ms Hanson said she was "not sold" on climate change, and was against foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land.
She also called for a royal commission into Islam, said no new mosques should be built in Australia and suggested existing Mosques should face increased surveillance.


(continued, mosque-cam the latest Aussie app. count em in and count em out and report them if there's a discrepancy....)

[Svartalf]

One nation party, she must be as popular with the Aborigines as Pik Botha was with blacks...

[pErvinalia]

[mistermack]

She talks a lot of sense.

In 20 years time, it will be obvious that she was right. Most politicians want growth at any cost. Australia is no different.

Here in the news, you get sold a story that the points process ensures that Australia is only getting highly skilled migrants. I'm willing to bet that that's all bollocks.

I would make the fuckers sit an exam at the Oz embassy, at their own expense, if they wanted to immigrate into Australia. Forget bits of paper. Let's see you in action.

[Hermit]

Most politicians want growth at any cost. Australia is no different.

Hanson wants growth too. The racist fuck just wants non-Caucasions kept out of Australia. From her maiden 1996 speech in the federal Australian parliament: "I and most Australians want our immigration policy radically reviewed and that of multiculturalism abolished. I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians."She

[mistermack]

Where is the land of glorious peaceful multiculturalism?
The shining example that shows what a good idea it all is?

I've looked at the map, but I just can't put my finger on it, at the moment.
Most multi-cultural societies seem remarkably less than perfect.

[Hermit]

Monocultural nations for the win. Go, Englishmen. Your perfect future is assured. The EDL is proof of it.

[JimC]

The only thing I agree with her about is the need to restrict sales of agricultural land to overseas interests.

[Hermit]

The only thing I agree with her about is the need to restrict sales of agricultural land to overseas interests.

According to the ABS 87.5% of total agricultural land is owned by Australians. Of the remainder, the largest slice belongs to US interests, followed by Canadian ones. Those are the latest available figures (2013).

If you find foreign ownership of natural resources a worry, you might want to turn to the mining industry, where according to the RBA foreign ownership, again dominated by the US, was around 80% in 2011.

[JimC]

The only thing I agree with her about is the need to restrict sales of agricultural land to overseas interests.

According to the ABS 87.5% of total agricultural land is owned by Australians. Of the remainder, the largest slice belongs to US interests, followed by Canadian ones. Those are the latest available figures (2013).

If you find foreign ownership of natural resources a worry, you might want to turn to the mining industry, where according to the RBA foreign ownership, again dominated by the US, was around 80% in 2011.

Yes, but the mining companies do it by lease, not ownership, as far as I know...

And it is indeed ownership of land by Chinese corporations that is an issue, not for racist reasons but because they are in fact an arm of a foreign government of very dubious intent...

[Hermit]

The only thing I agree with her about is the need to restrict sales of agricultural land to overseas interests.

According to the ABS 87.5% of total agricultural land is owned by Australians. Of the remainder, the largest slice belongs to US interests, followed by Canadian ones. Those are the latest available figures (2013).

If you find foreign ownership of natural resources a worry, you might want to turn to the mining industry, where according to the RBA foreign ownership, again dominated by the US, was around 80% in 2011.

Yes, but the mining companies do it by lease, not ownership, as far as I know...

And it is indeed ownership of land by Chinese corporations that is an issue, not for racist reasons but because they are in fact an arm of a foreign government of very dubious intent...

Regardless of lease or ownership, the issue comes down to control. Foreign interests control 13% of our agricultural industry and 80% of mining.

As for foreign governments of very dubious intent, I think the USA is a lot more avaricious than the PRC, and a lot less reluctant to maximise its interests through war and other forms of violence. If you believe its administration's claims that it invades other nations in order to defend freedom, I see an opportunity to sell you a bridge.

[JimC]

Whether or not the mining industry has issues (such as paying its fair share of tax) I still want to see a decrease (or at the very least no increase) in outright ownership of Australian land by any foreign governments or corporations (which in the case of the Chinese is a very blurred line indeed)

[Hermit]

My replies were made with the person in the title of this thread in mind. Pauline Pantsdown is not against foreign ownership as such. She uses the issue of foreign ownership to advance racism in Australia. In order to do so, she totally ignores a whole bunch of facts, the main one being that Asians are nowhere near taking over Australian properties in comparison to foreign Caucasians.

[mistermack]

While I agree with JIm about the blurring of private ownership with government influence in Chinese companies, the other thing that I think could be happening is that the Chinese super rich like to spread their money around the globe a bit, so that, if China goes tits-up, they can do a runner to a country like the UK or Australia, and still be mega-wealthy.

It's their insurance policy against a more socialist revolution happening in China.
Sadly for investors in the UK property bubble, the drop in Sterling means that their nest egg just lost ten percent of it's value.

But what goes down, can go back up.

[JimC]

I'm aware of her motivation, but that does not mean that every policy deriving from that is automatically flawed, as long as such restrictions on foreign ownership (particularly of farms) were applied without regard to race.