Senator Fraser Anning uses maiden parliamentary speech to call for an end to Muslim migration, and calls asylum seekers "welfare seekers"

Katters Australian Party Senator Fraser Anning makes his first speech in the Senat

Katters Australian Party Senator Fraser Anning makes his first speech in the Senate Source: AAP

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.


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Senator Fraser Anning uses maiden parliamentary speech to call for an end to Muslim migration, and calls asylum seekers "welfare seekers" | SBS Vietnamese