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

One Nation supported these programs and will support this motion. Our sense and integrity, though, mean that we need to go further, because the best drought resilience programs are not training programs on leadership. The best drought resilience programs are (1) water from dams; (2) restoration to, or compensation for, farmers who lost their rights to use the land they had bought and they owned when the Howard Liberal-Nationals government stole farmers' property rights to use their land in order for government to comply with the United Nations 1996 Kyoto protocol; (3) lower electricity costs; and (4) productive infrastructure. We must improve and restore Australia's productive capacity and economic resilience after years of governments handing sovereignty to UN treaties, protocols, declarations and agreements. Yesterday, in answer to my questions, Senator Cormann clearly and repeatedly put compliance with overseas agreements ahead of the needs of Australian citizens. Parliament and political parties must start to put the needs of Australians first— (Time expired)

Question agreed to.