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

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) in a recent survey of voters, conducted by the Australian Population Research Institute, it was found that 74 per cent of respondents believed Australia does not need to increase its population, and

  (ii) a Galaxy research poll, conducted by Mr Dick Smith in September 2017, indicated that 83 per cent of respondents believed major parties should have a population policy, and 82 per cent agreed population growth was an issue on which politicians needed to act; and

(b) calls upon the Government to commit to a plebiscite, held in conjunction with the next federal election, asking voters to indicate their preferred stance on Australia adopting a more sustainable population target.