Pauline Hanson went full Trump rather than answer one simple question about her daughter's tax-payer funded job.
This 6 point chronological timeline shows exactly what Hanson was dodging:
1. Sean Bell lived in Queensland and, was Pauline Hanson's adviser for 9 years.
2. NSW One Nation Senator Warwick Stacey resigns after just 6 weeks.
3. Sean Bell is then parachuted into the vacant NSW seat by Hanson.
4. Pauline's daughter Lee Hanson is then hired as Bell's adviser, having never performed that role ever before, and on a salary up to $180k - all taxpayer-funded.
5. MPs can't employ their own family - so Lee, who lives in Tasmania is assumed to be technically employed by Sean Bell - a NSW Senator. Very convenient.
6. Despite being employed as an Advisor to a NSW senator, Lee still lives in Tasmania and spends much of her time campaigning for One Nation.
Now you see why Hanson went 'full Trump' rather than answer.
The evidence is clear: the dominant policy response adopted in Australia of punitive laws, the curtailment of civil liberties, and definitions that treat criticism of Israel as antisemitic don’t make Jews safer, they actually make things worse. - Jewish Council of Australia.
I said to someone last night, I bet the National Press Club will allow protesters to ambush Pauline Hanson during her speech and pretend they didn’t know.
Within 10 minutes, a banner reading “I oppose a pay rise for workers” randomly drops from the ceiling.
@MaryKostakidis I'm betting on the outcome of any investigation into this matter as being 'nothing conclusive' Don't count on any justice, they will side with Israel everytime.
Prof Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and public policy analyst. Columbia University:
"AUKUS is designed to bill the Australian taxpayers and enrich the US military industrial complex. You have been had Australia, sorry to tell you. And your politicians should own up it."