Pauline's latest stupid pronouncements

[brian ross]

Australia Day debate: Pauline Hanson urges nation to 'accept our past' What a shame she refuses to follow her own advice...

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No bwian... the shame is you are a biased lying obsessive who refused to acknowledge or credit her or her supporters with being right about anything.

When will you apologise for decades or crap you've posted and to the people you ridicule and lie about bwian?

You didn't even apologise for the last thing you posted saying it was a stupid pronouncement when its exactly the sort of thing you say bwian... now we have even more of it and you still refuse to acknowledge the truth bwian

You are a fool, a hypocrite and a liar bwian.

[brian ross]

Pauline's proclamations on non-English speaking Australians, was of course wrong, as per usual...

[brian ross]

One Nation anti-Muslim senator’s Facebook page taken down

One Nation's Malcolm Roberts wants migration more than halved

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Pauline's proclamations on non-English speaking Australians, was of course wrong, as per usual...

Hanson was correct to say the number of respondents who ticked the “not well” or “not at all” categories has been rising – from 560,000 people in 2006, to 655,000 people in 2011 and 820,000 in 2016.

It's now almost 2019 bwian 3 years later... she may well be right....

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One Nation anti-Muslim senator’s Facebook page taken down

Oh dear Aning isn't a member of One Nation bwian...

One Nation's Malcolm Roberts wants migration more than halved

Many Australians would indeed like that bwian... wasn't it 73% that wanted Immigration numbers cut significantly?

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THE Turnbull government is considering a basic conversational English test as a requirement for migrants to becoming Australian citizens.

Citizenship Minister Alan Tudge is expected to announce the plans, after consultation with migrant and business groups, in a speech to the Sydney Institute today.

"This would become a stronger incentive to learn the language as permanent residency is the most important objective for many," he's expected to say.

It comes after the Federal Government tried to introduce an English test as part of the citizenship test last year but many raised concerns it was too tough and it has not been supported by the Senate.

According to The Australian, the government is now considering an easier conversational English test, but this would apply to everyone wanting to become a permanent resident.

Australia is approaching a million non-English speakers and the increase is concerning, Mr Tudge believes.

"This is particularly so, given the concentration of non-English speakers in particular pockets, largely in Melbourne and Sydney," he's expected to say.

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[brian ross]

What Mr. Tudge like Pauline Hanson's belief is not supported it seems by the statistics. He, like Pauline Hanson is using their ignorance of statistics to justify something that does not need justifying - persecution of non-fluent English speaking migrants. That some here seem to feel this is something to be cheered on does not make me comfortable. Not at all. Tut, tut.

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What Mr. Tudge like Pauline Hanson's belief is not supported it seems by the statistics. He, like Pauline Hanson is using their ignorance of statistics to justify something that does not need justifying - persecution of non-fluent English speaking migrants. That some here seem to feel this is something to be cheered on does not make me comfortable. Not at all. Tut, tut.

You are an idiot bwian.... tut tut tut yourself.

there will be no stats till the next census but based on Tudge and the last 3 census statistics Hanson may well be right... You however are a biased onsessived ratbag who keeps proving what a fool you are.

[brian ross]

Pauline Hanson: The ABC’s Board “Had Consistently Failed” And “They Needed To Go”

One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has savaged the ABC’s outgoing managing director, Michelle Guthrie, saying she and the Board had “consistently failed” the public broadcaster’s “standards” and “they needed to go”.

Guthrie, of course, was spectacularly sacked last Monday, while the controversial Board member, Justin Milne, quit his post on Thursday.

Writing an opinion piece in today’s The Australian, Hanson said: “Michelle Guthrie and the board members of the ABC consistently failed the standards set out in section 8c. On that basis alone, they needed to go.

“Australia’s democracy needs informed citizens and that cannot happen when the personal political opinion of the ABC presenter is passed off as accurate and impartial news and information.” She then renewed her calls for the ABC and SBS to be merged.

Hanson has never been a fan of the ABC and has regularly called out the public broadcaster for apparent bias and has called for its budget to be slashed. Hanson refuses to give interviews to ABC journalists and has repeatedly demanded that the salaries of its on-air personalities be made public.

In her piece in today’s The Oz, Hanson said whoever replaced Guthrie as MD should be paid less than the prime minister. Guthrie was on an annual salary of close to $900,000, while the prime minister is paid closer to $500,000 a year.

“Australians are angry about excessive salaries and benefits being paid to the managing directors and board members of non-performing government-owned corporations and businesses such as the ABC,” Hanson writes.

She then took aim at apparent bias at the ABC: “The next task is to find board members committed to culling producers and presenters who cannot separate their own left-leaning political opinions from accurate and impartial news and information.”

Meanwhile, the prime minister Scott Morrison has used an interview on yesterday’s Insiders program to tell the ABC to put “a pretty ordinary” week behind it and “get back to work”.

“I think the ABC needs to stop talking about itself and get back to work,” Morrison said.

He added that he expected the ABC board under acting chairwoman Kirstin Ferguson to do better.

“Dr Ferguson needs to get on and settle the ship down to make sure they get back to doing what they should be doing in an independent and an unbiased way, to get the facts right, and to ensure they perform the duties the Australian people pay them to do,” he said.

“I expect the ABC board to do better. And if they don’t, well, they can expect a bit more attention from me.”

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Pauline Hanson proposes pay cut for next ABC boss

Pauline Hanson has called for the ABC’s next managing director to be paid less than Scott Morrison as she launches a fresh attack in the wake of the crisis gripping the public broadcaster.

The One Nation leader, who controls two critical crossbench votes in the Senate, also backed a merger of the ABC and SBS after the Prime Minister last week ­refused to rule out such action.

Mr Morrison yesterday put the ABC board on notice, warning it could “expect a bit more attention” from him if it did not “do better” after former managing director Michelle Guthrie was sacked last Monday and chairman Justin Milne was forced to resign days later amid a furore over political interference in the broadcaster.

In her first comments since Ms Guthrie lost her job, Senator Hanson questioned why Ms Guthrie was paid $890,987 in the 2016-17 financial year when BBC director-general Tony Hall earned about $810,000 as of September 2017.

The ABC managing director is employed by the broadcaster’s board on a principal executive ­office classification band E, with a salary starting from $380,230.

“Like many Australians, I don’t understand how we can pay the managing director of the ABC more than the director-general of the BBC when the head of the BBC must manage licence fees and the sale of programs to fund a significantly larger and more complex organisation than our own national broadcaster,” Senator Hanson writes in today’s The Australian. “What the government needs to do now is merge the ABC and SBS and classify the head of the new public broadcaster as a PEO band D position with a maximum salary set by the Remuneration Tribunal which will be less than the Prime Minister’s salary of about $500,000.

“The next task is to find board members committed to culling producers and presenters who cannot separate their own left-leaning political opinions from accurate and impartial news and information.”

A person with a PEO band D classification can earn a salary of between $243,590 and $445,590, and a total remuneration package worth up to $610,370.

An ABC spokeswoman had no comment to make regarding ­Senator Hanson’s proposals.

Senator Hanson supported the government’s media reform package in exchange for a “competitive neutrality” inquiry into the ABC and SBS and legislation that would force the broadcasters to publish wages and allowances for “on-air talent” earning more than $200,000.

The inquiry’s findings into how the broadcasters compete with the private sector is due to be handed to the government this week while the wages legislation has been stuck in the Senate since December.

Mr Morrison urged the ABC’s acting chair Kirstin Ferguson to “settle the ship” as he denied former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull had given a “job to a mate” by appointing Mr Milne — one of his friends and ex-business associates — as chairman.

Mr Milne came under fire last week following reports he had asked Ms Guthrie to “get rid” of ABC chief economics correspondent Emma Alberici after Mr Turnbull complained about an ­article she had written on company tax. “(The ABC) pulled it down, they ripped it down ­because it was riddled with ­errors,” Mr Morrison said.

“I raised concerns about that article too. And the news team dealt with it and I was satisfied with the response. And that’s where it ended. Now, I can’t begin to imagine what was in the chairman’s mind, but the chairman is no longer there. And I expect the ABC board to do better. And if they don’t, well they can expect a bit more attention from me.”

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Pauline Hanson demands a ‘please explain’ on Paris Agreement

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called on Scott Morrison to withdraw Australia from the Paris Agreement on climate change or “please explain” why the government would not pull out.

Conservative Coalition MPs led by Tony Abbott, who signed Australia up to the deal when he was prime minister, and Craig Kelly, chair of the government’s backbench energy committee, have been pushing for an exit from the agreement but the Prime Minister has refused to bow to pressure.

Under the agreement, Australia has pledged to reduce emissions to 26-28 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030.

“Often people will speak of the voluntary or supposedly non-binding nature of this deal,” Senator Hanson writes in a letter to Mr Morrison.

“Personally, I am not familiar with too many non-binding agreements that come with international debt collectors and a $400 million dollar price tag, a price tag that only looks set to grow. I don’t recall any government telling the Australian people that signing the Paris Climate Agreement would eventually lead to organisations like the Global Climate Fund acting like standover men, knocking at our door, telling us to pay up, or else.”

Senator Hanson was referring to the Green Climate Fund, which was a critical part of the Paris Agreement and received $200m from Australia between 2015 and 2018.

Josh Frydenberg confirmed to The Weekend Australian the government would not increase its commitment to the fund.

Mr Morrison has argued the Paris Agreement will not “change electricity prices one jot” but withdrawing from it could jeopardise key relationships with neighbouring countries in the Pacific and undermine Australia’s national security.

“This is the number one issue of our Pacific neighbours, our strategic partners, our strategic security partners,” he told Sky News last month.

“There are a lot of influences in the southwest Pacific and I’m not going to compromise Australia’s national security by walking away from a commitment that was made a number of years ago to that target. It’s been there for the last four years or three years, just over three years.”

Senator Hanson wrote: “I am writing today to ask you explicitly, please withdraw Australia from the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement. I am also asking you to commit to ending the large contributions of Australian taxpayers’ money to international organisations like Global Climate Fund.

“If you cannot agree to support One Nation in these endeavours then I and many other concerned Australians, would appreciate it if you could please explain why.”

Emissions for the year to March 2018 increased 1.3 per cent, driven largely by LNG production for export, according to the latest national greenhouse gas inventory.

They were 1.9 per cent below emissions in 2000 and 11.2 per cent below emissions in 2005.

Mr Morrison has insisted Australia will reach its target under the Paris Agreement “in a canter”.

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