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

One Nation, too, will be supporting the Centre Alliance amendment. We acknowledge the office of Senator Rex Patrick in putting this forward and we thank them very much for doing so. It is yet another example of how the elites have their fingers into the two major parties. That needs to stop. We need to have a much more transparent system and we need to also have a much more transparent and fair taxation system. We need a comprehensive review of the whole taxation system, because there have been so many people butchering this since the 1940s and 1950s. Indeed, I go back to 1953, when the Prime Minister of the time, Robert Menzies, introduced the double taxation act that made it possible for foreign multinational companies to pay no company tax at all. That leaves a burden on Australians, Australian companies and Australian families.

I just come back to: the Labor Party on this occasion is supporting this amendment. The Greens are supporting it; and, Centre Alliance: a wonderful job on that. We don't need to say too much more about the details other than thank you very much, and we will be supporting your amendment.