More than 125,000 immigrants arrived in Australia in January, 2024
From Pauline Hanson
Senators terrified of giving Australians a voice have voted down legislation which would enable a national plebiscite on future immigration levels.
The Senate vote on 21 March demonstrated most of the parliament was completely out of step with the Australian people they served.
Last year’s referendum showed the elites of this nation are out of touch with the Australian people. The vote in the Senate on One Nation’s immigration plebiscite bill has demonstrated this fact again. The Liberals said the question was ‘too complex’ to put to the people.
Labor just said how dare Pauline Hanson even raise this issue, and then spoke about the past in their refusal to face the present crises for which they are responsible. As usual, they went down the same worn down path of racism accusations, when in fact this is just asking for Australians to be given a say about the numbers.
The minor parties, the Greens, Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock are absolutely terrified of what they know Australians would say in a compulsory national vote on immigration levels. Poll after poll after poll shows that whenever we’re asked, the majority of Australians want lower immigration. Two recent polls in December last year put this figure at more than 60%.
They’re not just ignoring the opinion polls. They’re ignoring the growing chorus against high immigration from economic commentators. They’re ignoring the huge numbers of people lining up to inspect a single property, desperate to secure a rental.
They’re ignoring the growing congestion in our cities. They’re ignoring the families struggling to find the money to pay skyrocketing rents amid our cost of living crisis. They’re ignoring the growing cities of tents, swags, and cars as more Australians fall into homelessness and despair.
It’s no wonder they’re running scared. Australians are struggling, desperate and angry. More than 125,000 new arrivals – more than the population of Ballarat and almost that of Darwin – came to Australia in January this year. A single month.
Australians know better, because unlike wealthy politicians and elites it is the Australian people who experience the negative impacts of this record high immigration firsthand. It’s time we exercised our voice, which is why I’m calling for a plebiscite
