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| In maiden Senate speech, Fraser Anning urges vote on ending Muslim immigration – politics live | In maiden Senate speech, Fraser Anning urges vote on ending Muslim immigration – politics live |
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| For those who missed the speech, here’s the moment he said it: | |
| here's the video of Fraser Anning saying "the final solution to the immigration problem, of course, is a popular vote" pic.twitter.com/n6ohvUW6Vp | |
| And from my colleague Luke Henriques-Gomes previous professional life comes this story: | |
| Fraser Anning's latest foray into the immigration debate reminds me of the story I wrote last year showing he also believed Barack Obama was a secret Muslim. https://t.co/oi3qEZW5VI #auspol | |
| Fraser Anning’s office has just been in contact with me. | |
| They are sending through a statement, but said it was “laughable” his words could be interpreted that way, given Anning’s admiration of Israel. | |
| I’ll put up the statement as soon as it arrives. | |
| Richard Di Natale on Fraser Anning’s speech: | |
| Fraser Anning’s vile comments in the Senate today were absolutely beyond the pale and if he has a shred of decency, he will immediately apologise. Referring to immigrants, particularly Muslim immigrants, with the same language that the Nazi’s used to discuss the extermination of Europe’s Jews during the Holocaust is vile, racist, bigoted and has no place in out society, let alone our parliament. Australia is a proud multicultural society that is made better every day by the contributions of immigrants. If only Fraser Anning had a fraction of the decency I see in the many Muslim Australians I speak with across this country, perhaps he would realise just how harmful his words are.” | |
| The states have agreed during their conference call with Josh Frydenberg to release an exposure draft of the amendments to the national electricity law, changes which will underpin the national energy guarantee. | |
| As promised – here is what Richard Di Natale had to say during the censure motion: | |
| I want to make this point. Senator Leyonhjelm’s defence seems to be that he was provoked. Let’s put on the record, firstly, that what Senator Leyonhjelm alleges was said is contested. Senator Hanson-Young and indeed her colleagues who heard what she said contest the nature of what Senator Leyonhjelm says was said to him. But that misses the point. It entirely misses the point. There is never an excuse for the personal, vindictive attack levelled at a colleague of the Senate. There is never an excuse under any circumstances. | I want to make this point. Senator Leyonhjelm’s defence seems to be that he was provoked. Let’s put on the record, firstly, that what Senator Leyonhjelm alleges was said is contested. Senator Hanson-Young and indeed her colleagues who heard what she said contest the nature of what Senator Leyonhjelm says was said to him. But that misses the point. It entirely misses the point. There is never an excuse for the personal, vindictive attack levelled at a colleague of the Senate. There is never an excuse under any circumstances. |
| What Senator Leyonhjelm did was that he attempted to humiliate and intimidate one of his fellow parliamentary colleagues. He was simply asked to apologise. Instead of apologising, he went as far as to double down. He went on to several radio and television interviews and sought to capitalise on those defamatory and sexist statements. | What Senator Leyonhjelm did was that he attempted to humiliate and intimidate one of his fellow parliamentary colleagues. He was simply asked to apologise. Instead of apologising, he went as far as to double down. He went on to several radio and television interviews and sought to capitalise on those defamatory and sexist statements. |
| There is never an excuse to do what Senator Leyonhjelm did. It doesn’t matter what was said to him. His response was disgraceful; it was shameful; it was sexist; it was misogynist; and it was personal. Now, we can have robust debate in this place, but there is never an excuse, both within this chamber and outside of it, to exercise so-called free speech in the manner in which Senator Leyonhjelm chose to exercise it—by vilifying, intimidating and smearing the reputation of somebody who has made an enormous contribution to this place. And, at a time when we should be making this an environment that is welcoming to all people so that we have a more representative parliament, those comments undermined everything that needs to change in this place so that we welcome more women and more diversity to ensure that this place is much more representative of the people we seek to represent. | There is never an excuse to do what Senator Leyonhjelm did. It doesn’t matter what was said to him. His response was disgraceful; it was shameful; it was sexist; it was misogynist; and it was personal. Now, we can have robust debate in this place, but there is never an excuse, both within this chamber and outside of it, to exercise so-called free speech in the manner in which Senator Leyonhjelm chose to exercise it—by vilifying, intimidating and smearing the reputation of somebody who has made an enormous contribution to this place. And, at a time when we should be making this an environment that is welcoming to all people so that we have a more representative parliament, those comments undermined everything that needs to change in this place so that we welcome more women and more diversity to ensure that this place is much more representative of the people we seek to represent. |
| I just want to finish by saying we did not want this to happen. We did not want it to get to this point. All we sought from the outset was an apology from Senator Leyonhjelm. Instead, he chose to besmirch the reputation of somebody who has made an enormous contribution to this country. He chose to use a sexist and derogatory attack on an individual senator, and if we can’t censure a senator for those actions then there’s no good having that standing order within the provisions. | I just want to finish by saying we did not want this to happen. We did not want it to get to this point. All we sought from the outset was an apology from Senator Leyonhjelm. Instead, he chose to besmirch the reputation of somebody who has made an enormous contribution to this country. He chose to use a sexist and derogatory attack on an individual senator, and if we can’t censure a senator for those actions then there’s no good having that standing order within the provisions. |
| Penny Wong has responded to Fraser Anning’s speech: | Penny Wong has responded to Fraser Anning’s speech: |
| My parents were married in the dying days of the White Australia Policy. | My parents were married in the dying days of the White Australia Policy. |
| We’ve rightly consigned that policy to the dustbin of history.” | We’ve rightly consigned that policy to the dustbin of history.” |
| As far as I could tell, she was not in the chamber when he delivered it. | As far as I could tell, she was not in the chamber when he delivered it. |
| I have heard a lot in this place in the last couple of years. | I have heard a lot in this place in the last couple of years. |
| But I am floored. I am absolutely floored. | But I am floored. I am absolutely floored. |
| The “final solution” is not a term used naturally. Most people would say, in that context – which, again, was calling for a plebiscite on whether we should return to the White Australia policy – “the answer is....”. It’s as if those words just roll off the tongue, or you hear them together, every day. | |
| I don’t think I have ever put those two words together in speech. I don’t know any one who would. | |
| I’m sorry, but I just can not believe that anyone could use the term “the final solution” and not understand the implications of what it means. | |
| Particularly when talking about immigrants, and those you have decided you don’t want. | Particularly when talking about immigrants, and those you have decided you don’t want. |
| And that is what we just heard in the Australian Senate. In a chamber of the people’s house. In the context of the “final solution” to the “immigration problem” would be a popular vote on whether or not non-Europeans should be allowed in this country. | And that is what we just heard in the Australian Senate. In a chamber of the people’s house. In the context of the “final solution” to the “immigration problem” would be a popular vote on whether or not non-Europeans should be allowed in this country. |
| Or, more plainly, to return to the White Australia policy. | |
| I am heartsick. Absolutely heartsick that I just heard that come from the Senate floor. And that people whose family history is forever torn by the actual “final solution”, that absolute stain on the fabric of human history, know it was uttered. | |
| For shame. For absolute shame. | For shame. For absolute shame. |
| Fraser Anning: | Fraser Anning: |
| [The migrants] who are thought to be the least able to assimilate and integrate is Muslims. | [The migrants] who are thought to be the least able to assimilate and integrate is Muslims. |
| The first terrorist attack on Australian soil in 1915 was when two Muslim immigrants opened fire on a picnic train of innocent women and children in Broken Hill and Muslim immigrants have been a problem ever since. | The first terrorist attack on Australian soil in 1915 was when two Muslim immigrants opened fire on a picnic train of innocent women and children in Broken Hill and Muslim immigrants have been a problem ever since. |
| To paraphrase the words of Winston Churchill, the fact that in Mohammad law, every women must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, his wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power. | To paraphrase the words of Winston Churchill, the fact that in Mohammad law, every women must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, his wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power. |
| The influence of the religion paralyses social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. | The influence of the religion paralyses social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. |
| I believe that the reasons for ending all further Muslim immigration are both compelling and self-evident. The record of Muslims who have already come to this country in terms of rates of crime, welfare dependency and terrorism, are the worst of any migrants and vastly exceed any other immigrant group. | I believe that the reasons for ending all further Muslim immigration are both compelling and self-evident. The record of Muslims who have already come to this country in terms of rates of crime, welfare dependency and terrorism, are the worst of any migrants and vastly exceed any other immigrant group. |
| The majority of Muslims in Australia of working age do not work, and exist on welfare. Muslims in NSW and Victoria are three times more likely than other groups to be convicted of crimes. | The majority of Muslims in Australia of working age do not work, and exist on welfare. Muslims in NSW and Victoria are three times more likely than other groups to be convicted of crimes. |
| We have black African Muslim gangs terrorising Melbourne, we have Isis-sympathising Muslims trying to go overseas to try and fight for Isis and while all Muslims are not terrorists, certainly all terrorists these days are Muslims. | We have black African Muslim gangs terrorising Melbourne, we have Isis-sympathising Muslims trying to go overseas to try and fight for Isis and while all Muslims are not terrorists, certainly all terrorists these days are Muslims. |
| So why would anyone want to bring more of them here? | So why would anyone want to bring more of them here? |
| And finally, and really something which should go without saying, we are entitled to require those who come here not only have work, useful work skills and qualifications, but also commitment to work and to pay taxes. | And finally, and really something which should go without saying, we are entitled to require those who come here not only have work, useful work skills and qualifications, but also commitment to work and to pay taxes. |
| In truth it appears that many of those who claim to be asylum seekers are actually just welfare seekers who only come here, to Australia, to live on welfare and public housing at the expense of working Australians. | In truth it appears that many of those who claim to be asylum seekers are actually just welfare seekers who only come here, to Australia, to live on welfare and public housing at the expense of working Australians. |
| In the days of Menzies, immigrants arriving here were not allowed to apply for welfare and that attracted exactly the right sort of hardworking people this country needed. | In the days of Menzies, immigrants arriving here were not allowed to apply for welfare and that attracted exactly the right sort of hardworking people this country needed. |
| We should go back to that and ban all immigrants from receiving welfare for the first five years after they arrive. | We should go back to that and ban all immigrants from receiving welfare for the first five years after they arrive. |
| The final solution to the immigration problem, of course, is a popular vote. | The final solution to the immigration problem, of course, is a popular vote. |
| Of course, we don’t need a plebiscite to cut immigration numbers, we just need a government that is willing to institute sustainable population policy and end Australian job stealing 457 visas and make student visas conditional on foreign students returning to the country they came from. | Of course, we don’t need a plebiscite to cut immigration numbers, we just need a government that is willing to institute sustainable population policy and end Australian job stealing 457 visas and make student visas conditional on foreign students returning to the country they came from. |
| What we do need a plebiscite for is to decide who comes here. Whitlam didn’t ask the Australian people whether they wanted wholesale non-European immigration, or migration, he introduced it, and neither has any subsequent government. | What we do need a plebiscite for is to decide who comes here. Whitlam didn’t ask the Australian people whether they wanted wholesale non-European immigration, or migration, he introduced it, and neither has any subsequent government. |
| Who we allow to come here will determine what sort of nation we will have in the future. So therefore this isn’t the right of any one government to decide. It is too important for that. | Who we allow to come here will determine what sort of nation we will have in the future. So therefore this isn’t the right of any one government to decide. It is too important for that. |
| Instead, we need a plebiscite to allow the Australian people to decide whether they want wholesale non-English speaking immigrants from the third world and particularly whether they want any Muslims, or whether they want to return to the predominately European immigration policy of the pre-Whitlam consensus. | Instead, we need a plebiscite to allow the Australian people to decide whether they want wholesale non-English speaking immigrants from the third world and particularly whether they want any Muslims, or whether they want to return to the predominately European immigration policy of the pre-Whitlam consensus. |
| I for one will be happy to abide by their decision. | I for one will be happy to abide by their decision. |
| To answer your censure motion questions: | To answer your censure motion questions: |
| For: | For: |
| Labor, Greens, Hinch | Labor, Greens, Hinch |
| Against: | Against: |
| Liberal/Nationals, Anning, Bernardi, Burston, Hanson, Leyonhjelm, | Liberal/Nationals, Anning, Bernardi, Burston, Hanson, Leyonhjelm, |
| Crossbenchers who did not vote: | Crossbenchers who did not vote: |
| Griff, Patrick, Georgiou, Storer | Griff, Patrick, Georgiou, Storer |
| It’s not only immigration which Fraser Anning has an issue with: | It’s not only immigration which Fraser Anning has an issue with: |
| Given that everyone knows that there are only two genders, if you can persuade and agree to advocate in support of the false claim of an infinite number of genders, then without realising it, you have surrendered your political soul. | Given that everyone knows that there are only two genders, if you can persuade and agree to advocate in support of the false claim of an infinite number of genders, then without realising it, you have surrendered your political soul. |
| Today, with so many unwittingly in lockstep marching to the culture revolutionary tune, options to oppose them politically are increasingly limited. | Today, with so many unwittingly in lockstep marching to the culture revolutionary tune, options to oppose them politically are increasingly limited. |
| So that is why I joined the Katter Australia party, the only political force which seeks to return to the pre-Whitlam consensus. I want to see the defeat of cultural Marxism and their ilk and the rolling back of the subversion of Australian culture and values that they have wrought. | So that is why I joined the Katter Australia party, the only political force which seeks to return to the pre-Whitlam consensus. I want to see the defeat of cultural Marxism and their ilk and the rolling back of the subversion of Australian culture and values that they have wrought. |
| There is no practical implication to a Senate censure. But it is noted by the Hansard record. | There is no practical implication to a Senate censure. But it is noted by the Hansard record. |
| Semator David Leyonhjelm during a censure motion moved against him by the greens this afternoon @AmyRemeikis @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/69T4xbNTEy | Semator David Leyonhjelm during a censure motion moved against him by the greens this afternoon @AmyRemeikis @GuardianAus #politicslive pic.twitter.com/69T4xbNTEy |
| Sigh. This is another thing which is happening: | Sigh. This is another thing which is happening: |
| Queensland senator Fraser Anning is using his first speech to the Senate to pay tribute to the White Australia Policy #auspol | Queensland senator Fraser Anning is using his first speech to the Senate to pay tribute to the White Australia Policy #auspol |
| Scott Morrison is so proud of the Taylor Swift line, he tweeted it: | Scott Morrison is so proud of the Taylor Swift line, he tweeted it: |
| In the last 12 months, a massive 95,200 young Australians got a job - strongest financial year since 1989. Cue the beat... #auspol #QT pic.twitter.com/siC8tOmqmU | In the last 12 months, a massive 95,200 young Australians got a job - strongest financial year since 1989. Cue the beat... #auspol #QT pic.twitter.com/siC8tOmqmU |