Senator Fraser Anning maiden speech in the Australian Parliament

A Queensland senator has used his maiden speech to parliament to call for a radical re-think of the nation's immigration system. Fraser Anning wants Muslims to be excluded from Australia's migrant intake, and welfare payments banned for all migrants within the first five years of their living here.

Katters Australian Party Senator Fraser Anning makes his first speech in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, August 14, 2018. Source: AAP