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Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Wake up to ourselves': Pauline Hanson issues grave warning over immigration
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has criticised the Albanese government's policy to bring 'more and more people' into the country. 'I'm not against immigration, but you have got to do it in a managed way,' Ms Hanson told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'If we don't wake up to ourselves, we are becoming more like England; we are not that far behind them and other countries around the world. 'I fear for the future generations of this nation, the way we are going.'
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Pauline Hanson loses it at Anthony Albanese - and claims he has committed a very dangerous act
One Nation leader has slammed Anthony Albanese for meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping before seeing Donald Trump in person. The Prime Minister on Tuesday met with the Communist Party leader in Beijing where Chinese security guards in the authoritarian, one-party state also clashed with Australian journalists covering the diplomatic mission. Senator Hanson said Albanese's visit to China, Australia's biggest trading partner, had jeopardised diplomatic relations with the United States, Australia's biggest defence ally since World War II. 'While Anthony Albanese tours China, our alliance with the United States, the one that keeps Australia safe, is being sidelined,' she said. 'The message? Labor's more comfortable in Beijing than standing shoulder to shoulder with our closest ally.' Albanese's visit to China comes after Colby Elbridge, the US Undersecretary of Defence, this week asked if the likes of Australia would join the US in defending Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion of the island it considers part of China. The Trump Administration is frustrated that Australia's defence spending languishes at just two per cent of gross domestic product, a level well short of the 3.5 per cent level Washington wants. Elbridge wants US allies to match what the United States has spent on defence, as proportion of the economy since the 1990s, arguing countries like Australia needed to 'step up their defence spending and other efforts related to our collective defence'. Senator Hanson said the Americans were right to be concerned about whether Australia would come to the US's aid in defending Taiwan, an autonomous democracy China wants to politically integrate with the mainland. 'The Americans are asking a simple, fair question: if China invades Taiwan, where does Australia stand? Albanese won't answer. That silence speaks volumes,' she said. The Trump Administration is also reviewing the AUKUS submarine deal set to cost Australia $368billion, giving it access to American-designed Virginia Class submarines. 'Let's not forget we're in the middle of a $368billion AUKUS deal,' Senator Hanson said. 'They're offering us nuclear submarines. And Labor can't even show basic respect, let alone commitment. 'This isn't leadership. It's dangerous. It puts our security, sovereignty and future at risk.' Albanese's chances of meeting with Trump have been diminished after it emerged that Australia's Ambassador to the United States, former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd, had previously described the President as a 'village idiot'. UK Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has already met with President Trump and has also promised to increase defence spending to three per cent of GDP by 2029, rising to five per cent by 2035. The UK is a member of NATO, a 32-member body that requires all its signatory nations, including the US, Germany, Canada and France, to react militarily if any of its members are invaded. Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022, is not a NATO member. But under the 1951 ANZUS treaty, the Americans are only required to consult Australia if another country attacks us, but not necessarily send in troops. Australia has since joined the US-led campaigns in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Albanese revealed that his government's buyback of the Port of Darwin, announced during the election campaign, was not raised during his visit. 'I cannot be clearer than to say it was not raised,' he said. A former Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government led by former chief minister Adam Giles signed a 99-year lease with the Chinese Landbridge Group in October 2015. Senator Hanson had accused Albanese of talking about 'green steel' instead of raising Taiwan or the Port of Darwin.' 'While Australians are being hit with soaring power bills and rising taxes, Anthony Albanese spent six days in China talking about "green steel",' she said. 'Not Taiwan. Not Chinese spy ships. Not the Port of Darwin, leased to a billionaire with ties to the Communist Party. Just vague platitudes and champagne toasts. 'He skipped meeting a key AUKUS ally in the US, but found time to wine and dine in Beijing. That's not leadership, it's dangerous neglect.'
Sky News AU
09-07-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
‘Hell of a cost': Pauline Hanson on Donald Trump's new 200 per cent tariff threat
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson questions United States President Donald Trump's threat of 200 per cent tariffs. '200 per cent if a hell of a cost, but … what happens is the people who buy that product, that Australian product are going to be paying more for it,' Ms Hanson told Sky News senior reporter Caroline Marcus. 'We only get 65 cents per American dollar so the exchange rate is in their favour is they are buying anything that is Australian.'
Daily Mail
04-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Pauline Hanson's warning for Australia: 'We need to act NOW'
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has accused both major parties of ignoring the plight of young Australians battling to ever afford a house by presiding over high immigration. Record-high immigration levels under Labor have worsened Australia's housing affordability crisis, with the median house price in capital cities now above $1million - putting it well beyond the reach of an average, full-time worker earning $102,742. Senator Hanson said both Labor and the Coalition were more focused on winning votes in marginal seats rather than making housing affordable. 'Young Aussies want to own a home, start a family, and live in a nation they can be proud of, but both major parties are standing in the way,' she said. 'Labor buys votes with handouts, then dumps the debt on the next generation. 'The Liberals skirt around the real issues, too afraid of losing votes to fight back against the decline. 'Meanwhile, mass immigration keeps driving up housing demand, straining services, and undercutting wages. Australians are being pushed to the back of the queue in their own country.' Last year, 340,800 migrants moved to Australia on a permanent and long-term basis. This net figure, factoring in departures, was lower than the record-high levels approaching 550,000 in 2023. But it was significantly higher than the 194,000 who came to Australia in the lead-up to Covid in 2020. As a result, house prices in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide have outpaced wages growth since the pandemic, even though the Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates 13 times in 2022 and 2023. The average-full time worker can now longer afford the median-priced house in any major capital city market, except Darwin, and now working couples are struggling to get into the property market. Senator Hanson wants annual immigration levels capped at 130,000, where it was two decades ago before the mining boom. 'It's time to put Australians first, with affordable housing, fairer tax for families, and a government that backs the people who built this nation,' she said. 'If we want to create a future worth inheriting, we need to act now.' Labor is promising to build 1.2million homes over five years, or 240,000 a year. Record-high immigration levels under Labor have worsened Australia's housing affordability crisis, with the median house price in capital cities now above $1million - putting it beyond the reach of an average, full-time worker on $102,742 (pictured is a Sydney auction) But in the year to May, just 182,894 new homes were approved, new Australian Bureau of Statistics data released this week showed, leading to building activity failing to keep pace with rapid population growth. Anthony Albanese 's Labor government was re-elected in a landslide with a $16billion plan to slash student debt by 20 per cent, saving a graduate an average of $5,520. But Senator Hanson said cutting Higher Education Contribution Scheme debt amounted to a form of generational pork barrelling to get the youth vote, along with a government guarantee enabling all first-home buyers to get into the property market with a small, five per cent deposit. 'Labor has bought a lot of the young votes with the HECS debt, so getting rid of that and also propping up their deposit on their house, which I think is going to see a lot of the young ones fall over with that because they've still got to make the repayments too to their debt,' she told Sky News host Caleb Bond. 'Their vote's been bought. People have become so self-centred these days, it's all about me. What is in it for me?' Hanson said Labor was letting Australians down on key issues, including failing to get an exemption from 50 per cent tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium from Donald Trump. 'First, Albanese gets cold-shouldered by Trump. No real relationship, no respect. Penny Wong flies over for 'diplomacy' and comes back empty-handed. No tariff deals. No progress. Just headlines and handshakes. Australians deserve better,' she said. 'Then there's the so-called green energy transition. Wind farms scrapped. Transmission lines delayed. Farmers ignored. Power bills up 9%, and we're told to just cop it. The real cost of Labor's renewables fantasy? It's paid by households and small businesses.' She also warned of 'nation within a nation' as a result of the current government, citing Cricket Australia's reluctance to hold Test matches on January 26. 'That's exactly what we're seeing. Division, not unity. Woke politics over common sense. 'While I'm in Parliament, I'll keep pushing back because if we don't stand up now, we risk losing the country we love. 'Cricket Australia, our own national sport, won't play matches on Australia Day. Again. Because they're scared of offending someone.
Sky News AU
02-07-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
‘It's not going to happen': Labor Party criticised for costly renewable goals
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson discusses BlueFloat Energy considering selling off its Victorian project. 'It's not going to happen, and businesses are going under, industries and manufacturing are going under, the normal household can't pay their bills,' Ms Hanson told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. 'Is going to cost the taxpayers … huge amounts of money.'
