Hanson cops brutal spray from rebel senator
Written by admin on November 27, 2024
Rebel senator Fatima Payman has unleashed on fellow senator Pauline Hanson, calling on her to “pack her burka and go to Afghanistan and talk to the Taliban about this,” after the One Nation leader attempted to initiate an inquiry into Senator Payman’s eligibility to stand in parliament due to her citizenship.
On Wednesday morning, Senator Hanson attempted to table a letter between herself, and Senate President Sue Lines calling for the inquiry, which the Greens obstructed.
In turn, Senator Hanson accused the Greens of creating a “protection racket for Senator Payman”.
“So they are obstructing justice, that this should be referred to a committee to be investigated if she is eligible to stand this place,” she said.
While Senator Payman has held Australian citizenship since 2005, she still holds her Afghanistan citizenship, despite attempting to renounce it in 2021.
However as the Canberra embassy did not have any formal communication with the Taliban-led Afghani government, it was determined she had taken all reasonable steps to renounce her citizenship.
While Senator Hanson has made multiple attempts to question the ex-Labor MP’s citizenship, including writing to Anthony Albanese, Senator Payman said the issue had already been investigated and she was “wasting our time talking about a matter that has no basis”.
“All that Senator Hanson does in this place is spread hatred, spread division, because that’s what that’s what you’re made to do here, and it’s outrageous,” she told the Senate.
“Senator Hanson has worn the burqa in this place, maybe it’s time that she pack her burka and go to Afghanistan and talk to the Taliban about this because clearly when the Labor Party put me up as a candidate, they did their homework.”
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe lashed Senator Hanson’s motion as “violent and disgusting – its bold-faced racism at its most vile”.
“I was left shaking and feeling sick afterwards, and so were other Senators of colour,” she said.
“We wouldn’t accept racism like this in any other workplace, and we shouldn’t accept it in parliament.
“We need to set a much better example and standard for the rest of the country. For young people of colour wanting to move into politics, the level of racism we see in parliament is a major barrier and turn off. We must improve standards.”
