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

I referred to the minister. He brought up NZYQ in his response. The minister brought up NZYQ in his response and went back to Peter Dutton, the minister at the time. So don't stand up and tell me this is not relevant. It is very relevant because, when I hear comments in this chamber that are misleading the Australian people, I will not have it. If blame lands at your feet then take the blame at your feet and stop backing away from it and trying to mislead the Australian people. NZYQ ended up in this country because of the poor laws that you had. We had boatloads coming in here. Over 800 boats came to the shores of this nation, and that is why we ended up in the mess that we are now.

This has to be dealt with. I am sick and tired, as are the Australian people, of the blame going across this chamber. The coalition have put up amendments to try to strengthen it so that this doesn't keep happening. The Australian people have had enough.

I have sat here and listened to the Greens. They are so righteous. They actually want to open the floodgates for 50,000 refugees. They would welcome everyone into the country. Can you imagine that? We can't even look after our own people in this nation and make sure that they have housing and have food on the table. The Australian people are suffering. Let's open the floodgates, regardless of whether they are true refugees, because they should be allowed to come into the country—that's their attitude.

They will open the floodgates to over 50,000 refugees. Where are they going to live? Who's going to feed them? Will they be on welfare? Will they ever work? Are they compatible with our national identity, our culture and our way of life? Are we going to have in our country the many problems that we see happening in other countries around the world? They can't control illegal refugees. They have no control over them whatsoever.