Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

As servants to the people of Queensland and Australia, we are very proud of our nation, with proud values—mateship, which simply means support, a fair go, loyalty, dependability, care, being fair dinkum, truth, openness, law and respect, respect for the environment, science, objectivity, integrity, the Constitution, honesty, fairness, freedom and human progress. We oppose this disallowance. I look across and I'm honoured and pleased to see two Indigenous senators in the chamber. That is all we need to know that the Indigenous are one with us and that we have similar issues that we need to face.

Secondly, I remind senators that last month I went on an extensive tour of Cape York and visited every Aboriginal community, with the exception of Aurukun, which was closed because of Sorry Day business. Up there, we see people talking about other groups—whitefellas; blackfellas—and that is the second sign, because they are not talking in denigrating terms or derogatory terms about each other. They are talking with respect for the other people's culture. While I was in Cape York, not one person across the entirety of Cape York and all the communities raised with me the issue of wanting to change Australia Day. We need to go further, though. We need to stop funding all councils that interfere with Australian icons, heritage and statues, and any local government that wants to rewrite history—because what One Nation says is 'yes' to Australia.

We are also very proud of being part of Western civilisation. We don't hide from it; we are proud of it and the freedoms it brings. In fact, Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilisation, said: 'It would be nice.'

Fourthly—families. Families are fundamental to responsibility. There are two organisations that are essential for responsibility and in the organisation of human affairs: the family and the nation-state. The Greens, sadly, want to destroy both. We, instead, want to bring back and support families. We want to bring back one nation for all Australians because we cherish Australia and our institutions that are Australian.