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5 years ago, do you think I was right? The Senate on 22 June 2021. Senator HANSON (Queensland—Leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation) (13:07): I rise to speak on the Fuel Security Bill 2021. When I came into the Senate in 2016 I raised the importance of fuel security for all Australians. This and previous governments have continually failed to meet the internationally mandated 90 days stockpile of fuel for the people of this nation. That means this government has put at risk the fuel security of our daily transport needs: our defence, our aviation industry, our mining and our commuter needs. Without this internationally mandated 90-day stockpile of fuel, Australia risks coming to a grinding halt. My concerns were echoed by Senator Jim Molan when he entered the parliament in December 2017. What has happened over the last five years? Nothing. If we go back to the year 2000, Australia had eight refineries that literally met the entire needs of our domestic refined fuel requirements. That is the same year Australia was manufacturing more than 320,000 new cars and over 23,000 commercial vehicles. Fast forward two decades, and Australia's self-sufficiency in the fuel space is going the same way as manufacturing. It's almost dead. Shamefully, in the space of four months, Australian oil refineries in Altona, owned by ExxonMobil, and Kwinana, owned by BP, announced they were closing half of this nation's remaining oil refineries. They suggested the facilities were no longer economically viable. How is that possible? When I looked at the consolidated income statements of each of these oil companies operating in Australia, I saw that each of them is pulling in tens of billions of dollars of revenue each year from Australians. They drill the oil and gas. They send the bulk of it overseas to Asian markets that have cheap labour. Then we're forced to buy it back from foreign markets, where the oil companies have extracted the bulk of the jobs and profits that should belong to Australians. Successive governments have squandered the opportunity to negotiate better deals for Australians off the back of these highly sought-after resources. And here we are today expected to pass legislation that will pay these same multinational oil companies $2.3 billion of taxpayers' money to continue refining activities until 2027 and, if we're lucky, until 2030. Well, I've got some bad news for this government: I'm not going to help pass a bill that takes us down the same path as the car industry, which received billions and billions of taxpayers' money only to close. I make no apologies for looking out for the best interests of Australian taxpayers. If we're going to pay $2.3 billion to secure Australia's fuel supply, the government should buy the Brisbane refinery in Lytton and let it become an asset owned by the Commonwealth. It would be a hell of a lot cheaper, and this government could then claim it has secured our refining capabilities well beyond 2030. John F Kennedy was famous for saying: 'Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.' The truth is this government fears proper negotiations, because multinational companies have walked all over Scott Morrison, just as they did with Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. I'll say it again: these overseas corporations come here, they drill and mine our resources, and then they pay little to no taxes. Paying oil refineries $2.3 billion to keep operating in this country is hardly in Australia's best interests. We don't get a single share in these facilities. Instead we hand over the cash and simply kiss it goodbye. Again I remind Labor and the Liberal and National parties what happened to Australia's car industry after they had been given tens of billions of dollars in subsidies. They took the cash and buggered off when it suited them. (1/3)

I love it when someone like Fatima Payman tells me I should leave the country if I don't like the direction Australia is heading. It comes following One Nation's strong stance against mass migration - particularly from countries where people are incompatible with western society. Migrants with long-term negative fiscal impacts on western nations include those from: • Horn of Africa and Sudan • Morocco • Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, and Iraq • Central Africa • West Africa The second generation fiscal impact isn't much better according to data initiated by Deutsche Post Foundation. Australia doesn't conduct these reviews because it would terrify voters on how poorly past governments have vetted recent migrant intakes. It's time all Australians have a long hard look at what the two major parties have done to the country we love so much. Worse still, if the current policy isn't changed, what it will do over the next few years. I'm not opposed to immigration, but my priority is with those Australians already here. They COME FIRST. I have a pretty simple mantra when it comes to migration. • If you hate our laws - you should be gone. • If you don't want to work - you should be gone. • If you don't want to learn english - don't come here. • If you expect the Australian taxpayer to pay your way through life - don't come here. It's pretty simple. As for Fatima Payman - I've put a petition to the parliament seeking they act upon her citizenship to Afghanistan. Fatima has not renounced her dual citizenship to Afghanistan despite their government offering a clear pathway. She was only ever elected because of Liberal preferences to Labor in Western Australia which is a blight on people like Dean Smith who refused to recommend their preferences to One Nation. #OneNation #PaulineHanson #FatimaPayman #Australia #Immigration #Policies

We had nothing to gain from it. They ended up with the land and the facilities. We got nothing out of it. We had no skin in the game. That's why Australians and I are fed up with seeing taxpayers' money basically pissed up against the wall. That is exactly what is happening. We should be responsible with the taxpayers' dollars and get back our Australian owned assets. When I went to Norway, their petroleum gas bill was only 25 pages long. Ours is 1,150 pages, with bandaids all the damn time. I can't get any support in this chamber to pass that part of the legislation that has been in Australia's best interests. The first line in Norway's bill is that it be in Norway's best interests. That's why they have $1.5 trillion in the bank for the people. We are such a resource-rich country. I know why Labor aren't interested in propping up or building their own refinery. They won't get support from the Greens. They can only win the next election on Greens preferences. They know the Greens are totally against fossil fuels, so Labor are heading down the same path—that they don't want fossil fuels in this nation. They don't support the coal industry. They don't support the resource industry. They don't support gas. They don't support the mining that we have in this country. It's all smoke and mirrors. That's what this is all about. Yet they stand there and say that they care about the jobs in Australia. What a load of hogwash! I've heard it all now. It's about finding solutions. It's about securing our security into the future for Australian jobs and not relying on other countries to meet our needs. What is going to happen when we don't have the fuel for our defence, for our commuters, for our airports, for our planes—for everything? I would like to know what they are going to do then. How is either side going to handle that? 3/3

We don’t need to take 50% off the excise, It needs to be 100% suspended - immediately.

@Lochness4000 Abolish the climate change department, abolish aboriginal affairs and make it based on need, cut and cap the NDIS, tax gas properly, pay down debt to reduce interest expenses

The coalition calling for a halving of the fuel excise is welcome news. We look forward to working with them to achieve One Nation's policy of a full removal of the excise with compensation for truckies and dealing with the GST on fuel. After 3 months, let's review how that's going but Australians need relief now. We also need to have an emergency declared under the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 so that we can force Big Oil to put supplies into the regions and stop the price gouging.

As more servos run empty and fuel rises past $3 a litre, One Nation is the only party with a clear plan to help Australians. Here's what the Government should be doing in this fuel crisis: Trigger the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 to force fuel supplies into the regions and stop the price gouging by Big Oil. Start precautionary rationing so priority supplies for hospitals, emergency services, defence and food production can be saved if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Cut the fuel excise by 100% for 3 months and/or remove GST on fuel which is a tax on a tax. This will give immediate relief to Australians. Finally, ditch net-zero so we can drill Australia's own oil, rebuild refineries and never get into this situation again. It's time for the government to step up and demonstrate they actually have a plan. If the government doesn't want panic then they need to lead. One Nation is happy to show them what to do.

The Liberal-Nationals Coalition just voted to spend $2.9 billion in Net-Zero funding. One Nation moved an amendment to cancel all taxpayer funding for Net-Zero nonsense in a Government Appropriations Bill. It's not surprising that Labor and the Greens vote against it, but we were shocked when the Coalition joined them to let billions in Net-Zero funding sail through with a rubber stamp. I thought the Coalition was opposed to Net-Zero? Yet it looks like they're happy to fund it - to the tune of billions. Only One Nation can be trusted to ditch net-zero, including cutting the billions in subsidies.

I won't be missing the ABC now they're on strike - in fact I would defund them. Keep the services like radio in the regions that do a good job and make the capital city bureaus a subscription only service. We also need to get serious about the fuel crisis. The government needs to declare an emergency: force supplies to the regions, stop the price gouging and cut the fuel excise.

Can you believe the government is profiting $300 million a month from the spike in fuel prices while you’re struggling? As the pain at the pump increases, so does the government’s GST take on every litre. We need to cut the fuel excise to give Australians immediate relief. Minister Chris Bowen needs to declare a fuel emergency so we can force supplies to the regions who are growing food and stop the price gouging.

One Nation has called on the government to declare a National Fuel Crisis. Servo pumps are running empty, prices are skyrocketing and regional towns are being strangled. If we're not in a crisis now - then when will they call it one? The big oil companies are strangling the independent distributors who service the regions. That's forcing the prices up in the regions, and then the big oil owned service stations in the cities are increasing to match. The government can try to gaslight us all they want and try to say there's no emergency. Every Australian can see we have a crisis on our hands. It's time for Minister Bowen to use the laws that are in place: declare an emergency, force supplies to the regions and end the price gouging.

34 Senators voted NO to One Nation’s inquiry into NDIS fraud. Right now, the system is $52B… and it’s projected to hit $100B by 2030. And they don’t even want to investigate it. These are our tax dollars and they’re happy for it to be rorted. This is supposed to help the most vulnerable Australians. So why shut it down? @DrewPavlou

There’s one thing worse than being in a fuel crisis - and that’s being in a fuel crisis with these muppets in charge. Australia has been warned about our fuel shortages for decades. Both major parties did nothing. As fuel continues to rise towards $3 a litre - the government’s only real solution so far is to tell everyone to think about working from home. Meanwhile no-one knows how farmers are going to get diesel in their tractors to put a crop in the ground. Australia has all the natural resources we could ever need - only One Nation truly believes in using all of them to the benefit of Australians.

The fact Labor cannot see rising fuel, freight and goods costs are tied to our inability to refine our own fuel and make our own goods because of their net zero agenda should terrify every Australian Their refusal to remove GST from building materials should disgust every Aussie

Today the Senate will vote on One Nation's inquiry into fraud, waste and abuse in the NDIS. The scheme was originally set up to care for the severely disabled, but it has since been abused and the cost has already reached $50 billion a year, on track to reach $100 billion. There is a large number of unregistered providers (around 280,000) compared to registered ones (about 25,000), with support coordination costs exceeding $1.65 billion without clear participant outcomes, posing risks to scheme sustainability. Immigration agents, some banned for misconduct, have been able to register as NDIS providers and allegedly defraud the scheme. Reports include billions for non-essential activities such as holidays and entertainment, and concerns that resources are diverted from those with genuine needs. Some former prisoners receive large NDIS payments, how is this possible? The scheme is not means-tested, allowing wealthy individuals to access funds, with some participants receiving over a million dollars and potential double-dipping with insurance payouts. Wages under NDIS can be claimed up to $195 per hour, much higher than typical wages for similar services, contributing to inflated costs and sucking away providers from other important industries like aged care and veterans services. The collapse of providers has left millions in unpaid debts, with concerns about foreign students improperly registering as service providers and sending money overseas without paying taxes. @DrewPavlou and @PeteZogoulas, as private individuals, are effectively doing the government’s job by independently investigating NDIS providers alleged to be defrauding taxpayers. Contrast their efforts—undertaken with limited resources and self‑funding—with the government's inaction. Despite extensive departmental resources, authorities have failed to adequately address widespread fraud that is visible and well known within the community. That's why the Senate must establish this inquiry into NDIS fraud, waste and abuse or the severely disabled who are in genuine need will end up worse off.

UPDATE:

If One Nation doesn't have any policies, then how do Liberal and Labor keep on copying all of them? With just 2 out of the 227 politicians in Canberra before the last election, One Nation has led the national debate on the issues that are important to Australians. Whether it's the cost of living, mass migration, net-zero, Government spending, NDIS rorts or Islamic extremism - only One Nation is trusted to stick to what we believe in. We're not destroying the major parties - they've done that to themselves.

Labor, Greens and Tammy Tyrrell just voted down our inquiry into NDIS fraud. They're happy for your money to be rorted.