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| Pauline Hanson damages Australia's standing in Asia, Penny Wong to warn | |
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| The shadow foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, will use a policy speech to warn One Nation’s return to the political scene has the potential to damage Australia’s key relationships in the region. | The shadow foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, will use a policy speech to warn One Nation’s return to the political scene has the potential to damage Australia’s key relationships in the region. |
| Wong will use a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday, which is about the importance of maintaining openness in an atmosphere of rising xenophobia and protectionism, to argue that Pauline Hanson’s rhetoric resonates negatively in Asia, and it erodes Australia’s reputation in the region. | Wong will use a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday, which is about the importance of maintaining openness in an atmosphere of rising xenophobia and protectionism, to argue that Pauline Hanson’s rhetoric resonates negatively in Asia, and it erodes Australia’s reputation in the region. |
| Wong’s intervention follows a strong speech from the Victorian Liberal backbencher Russell Broadbent in the House of Representatives on Monday night in which he blasted some colleagues for “cuddling up to Hansonite rhetoric”. | Wong’s intervention follows a strong speech from the Victorian Liberal backbencher Russell Broadbent in the House of Representatives on Monday night in which he blasted some colleagues for “cuddling up to Hansonite rhetoric”. |
| Broadbent warned that “diatribes” against Islam, such as interventions from the LNP backbencher, George Christensen, would only hurt the Coalition in the long run. | Broadbent warned that “diatribes” against Islam, such as interventions from the LNP backbencher, George Christensen, would only hurt the Coalition in the long run. |
| “Those propositions and policies will only hurt the Coalition parties in the long run in the same way the once great Labor party now is the captive of the Greens, relying on their preferences to win 31 of their seats in this House,” Broadbent told the chamber on Monday night. | “Those propositions and policies will only hurt the Coalition parties in the long run in the same way the once great Labor party now is the captive of the Greens, relying on their preferences to win 31 of their seats in this House,” Broadbent told the chamber on Monday night. |
| “Right here, right now, we can turn to the high road. Let this nation be the circuit breaker, and travel the road of the wise, leaving the foolish to perish in division.” | “Right here, right now, we can turn to the high road. Let this nation be the circuit breaker, and travel the road of the wise, leaving the foolish to perish in division.” |
| Broadbent said the government needed to show empathy and consideration for people doing it tough. “If not, we further push those that feel alienation and disaffection by economic and social exclusion into the arms of the One Nations of this country.” | Broadbent said the government needed to show empathy and consideration for people doing it tough. “If not, we further push those that feel alienation and disaffection by economic and social exclusion into the arms of the One Nations of this country.” |
| The interventions come as Labor appears poised to reject a controversial proposal from the Turnbull government that would ban asylum seekers from ever entering Australia. | The interventions come as Labor appears poised to reject a controversial proposal from the Turnbull government that would ban asylum seekers from ever entering Australia. |
| The shadow cabinet was deliberating on the asylum bill on Monday night, and the Labor caucus will debate the proposal on Tuesday morning. | The shadow cabinet was deliberating on the asylum bill on Monday night, and the Labor caucus will debate the proposal on Tuesday morning. |
| The government has been building its political attack on border protection given Bill Shorten has been signalling the opposition will likely vote against the asylum proposal, and Labor has accused the government of attempting to pander politically to One Nation supporters. | The government has been building its political attack on border protection given Bill Shorten has been signalling the opposition will likely vote against the asylum proposal, and Labor has accused the government of attempting to pander politically to One Nation supporters. |
| Ahead of Labor’s likely rejection of the proposal on Tuesday, the immigration minister, Peter Dutton, said he would look to the Senate crossbench to back the government’s legislation. | Ahead of Labor’s likely rejection of the proposal on Tuesday, the immigration minister, Peter Dutton, said he would look to the Senate crossbench to back the government’s legislation. |
| One Nation also exhibited a public schism on Monday, when Hanson agreed that Rodney Culleton’s eligibility as a senator should be referred to the high court – a process that could render him ineligible to sit in parliament. | One Nation also exhibited a public schism on Monday, when Hanson agreed that Rodney Culleton’s eligibility as a senator should be referred to the high court – a process that could render him ineligible to sit in parliament. |
| Wong will use her speech at the press club to argue Hansonism has the potential to damage Australia’s standing in the region. | Wong will use her speech at the press club to argue Hansonism has the potential to damage Australia’s standing in the region. |
| “Leaders from both major political parties have worked to build and strengthen Australia’s relations in Asia,” Wong will say in the speech. “Their work, over time, has enhanced our standing in the region. | “Leaders from both major political parties have worked to build and strengthen Australia’s relations in Asia,” Wong will say in the speech. “Their work, over time, has enhanced our standing in the region. |
| “So it damages us all when these voices undermine the positive reputation so many Australians, in government, business, academia and cultural institutions, have worked to build.” | “So it damages us all when these voices undermine the positive reputation so many Australians, in government, business, academia and cultural institutions, have worked to build.” |
| Wong will argue that politicians, business leaders and community leaders need to speak out against Hansonism to try and prevent Australia’s domestic politics being refracted into the region. | Wong will argue that politicians, business leaders and community leaders need to speak out against Hansonism to try and prevent Australia’s domestic politics being refracted into the region. |
| She will also argue it is important to reject the mythology of a monocultural Australia. | She will also argue it is important to reject the mythology of a monocultural Australia. |
| “In 1996, Pauline Hanson claimed, falsely, that Australia was being swamped by Asians. Now she claims, falsely, that Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims,” Wong will say at the press club. | “In 1996, Pauline Hanson claimed, falsely, that Australia was being swamped by Asians. Now she claims, falsely, that Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims,” Wong will say at the press club. |
| “One Nation wants to shut down migration to Australia based on racial and religious prejudice. It wants to turn back history, to restore Australia to some imagined earlier state as a uniform, homogenous, static society. | “One Nation wants to shut down migration to Australia based on racial and religious prejudice. It wants to turn back history, to restore Australia to some imagined earlier state as a uniform, homogenous, static society. |
| “This is not just a narrow-minded and impoverished vision for the future. It is also based on a myth about Australia’s past.” | “This is not just a narrow-minded and impoverished vision for the future. It is also based on a myth about Australia’s past.” |
| She will argue the myth of a culturally homogenous Australia “airbrushes out of our history the Afghan camel drivers, the Chinese working the gold fields, the Japanese pearl divers and the hundreds of thousands of Irish migrants who came here during the 19th century”. | She will argue the myth of a culturally homogenous Australia “airbrushes out of our history the Afghan camel drivers, the Chinese working the gold fields, the Japanese pearl divers and the hundreds of thousands of Irish migrants who came here during the 19th century”. |
| “It blots out the Pacific Islanders brought here to work the cane fields. And it ignores the Holocaust survivors and refugees who made a new life in Australia after the second world war, let alone the centuries of shared history, trade and cultural links between Indigenous Australians and the Macassan traders of the Indonesian archipelago.” | “It blots out the Pacific Islanders brought here to work the cane fields. And it ignores the Holocaust survivors and refugees who made a new life in Australia after the second world war, let alone the centuries of shared history, trade and cultural links between Indigenous Australians and the Macassan traders of the Indonesian archipelago.” |
| Wong will argue the vast majority of Australians are not racist, xenophobic or intolerant. | Wong will argue the vast majority of Australians are not racist, xenophobic or intolerant. |
| “However, fear of change, fear of the unknown and the unfamiliar, is an understandable human instinct, especially when it is fanned by xenophobes pushing a political agenda,” she will say. | “However, fear of change, fear of the unknown and the unfamiliar, is an understandable human instinct, especially when it is fanned by xenophobes pushing a political agenda,” she will say. |
| “Yet prejudice rarely survives personal connection. World Bank researchers have shown that people who know a refugee are significantly more likely to say that their country has a responsibility to help immigrants.” | “Yet prejudice rarely survives personal connection. World Bank researchers have shown that people who know a refugee are significantly more likely to say that their country has a responsibility to help immigrants.” |