She's back - a look at Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson Source: AAP

It has been 20 years since that infamous maiden speech when Pauline Hanson warned Australia was being swamped by Asians and did not know the meaning of xenophobia. Ms Hanson is back in the federal parliament after winning one of the seats in Queensland at last week's federal elections.


One Nation Party leader Pauline Hanson, expected to secure a Senate seat in Queensland, has revived her controversial anti-immigration policies in revealing her vision for Australia.

She has reiterated her call for a royal commission into Islam and declared her 1996 warning that Australia was being swamped by Asians is now a reality.

Ms Hanson is predicting wins for her party in states outside of Queensland, too.

Twenty years after first taking her seat in parliament, Pauline Hanson says she is older and wiser.

It is clear she is no less controversial.

Speaking to media in Brisbane, Ms Hanson has reiterated her calls for a royal commission into Islam, examining whether it is a religion or a political ideology.

She says she is concerned the growth of Islam is related to too many of the world's problems.

 

HANSON

"We've seen it happen in Denmark and England and Germany and France and Tunisia, Egypt and America, everywhere. Do you want to see terrorism on our streets here? Do you want to see our Australians murdered?"

 






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