Pauline Hanson denies rolling her eyes during Malcolm Roberts’ speech

PAULINE Hanson in her first speech as a Senator said Australia risks being ‘swamped by Muslims’, referencing her 20-year-old Asians speech.

Senator Pauline Hanson said she was happy to take migrants who did not want to become Australian and obey laws “to the airport”, telling them they should “go back to where you came from”. Picture Gary Ramage

PAULINE Hanson has used her first speech as a Senator to claim Australia risks being “swamped by Muslims”, referencing her 20-year-old speech in which she said the same thing about Asians.

Senator Hanson also said domestic violence perpetrators were frustrated by their partners for seeking sole custody of their children, claiming women were bringing “frivolous” law suits to family court.

The Queensland Senator, elected for a six-year term at the election in July, said people had laughed when she said she would be back, after failing to win back the Oxley seat she won in 1996.

And spoke of her 1996 speech in which she said Australia was “in danger of being swamped by Asians”.

Racism has no place in Parliament but that is what we have just heard from Senator Hanson. I stand with those people hurt by her words.

— Richard Di Natale (@RichardDiNatale) September 14, 2016

Appalling intolerance of diversity of views. https://t.co/9r2y6JpZ0N

— David Leyonhjelm (@DavidLeyonhjelm) September 14, 2016

“(It was) a speech that shook a nation, woke up many Australians and gave hope to people who thought no-one was listening,” she told the Parliament.

“That speech was relevant then and it is still relevant today.”

Senator Hanson said her earlier comments about Asian people was meant as a “slap in the face” for Liberal and Labor parties who “opened the floodgates” of immigration.

“Now we are in danger of being swamped by Muslims,” she said.

“They are a culture and ideology that is incompatible with ours”.

Senator Pauline Hanson gives her first speech in the Senate chamber in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Gary Ramage

Greens senators walk out as One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson makes her first speech in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: AAP / Mick Tsikas

Greens Senators walked out in protest less than halfway through Senator Hanson’s speech.

Senator Hanson said she was happy to take migrants who did not want to become Australian and obey laws “to the airport”, telling them they should “go back to where you came from”.

And re-iterated her push to ban Muslim immigration, as well as suggesting Australian companies should be “banned” from paying for Halal certification.

Senator Hanson also called for a crackdown on welfare, saying welfare spending was “out of control”.

Keep speaking truth to the climate mafia mate @SenatorMRoberts @PaulineHansonOz

— George Christensen (@GChristensenMP) September 14, 2016

And we all have a right not to listen to it- and I hope others Australians choose this option also. https://t.co/gpRVP6aEFq

— Peter Whish-Wilson (@SenatorSurfer) September 14, 2016

“Then we have the single mums having more children just to maintain their welfare payments, and Muslim men marrying multiple wives … and having multiple children at our expense while they collect thousands of dollars a week from the taxpayer,” she said.

As well as advocating for a national identity card to stop family and friends from using someone else’s Medicare care, Senator Hanson went on to take aim at victims of domestic violence.

“The whole (family law) system is unworkable and in desperate need of change,” she said.

“Children are used as pawns in custody battles where women make frivolous claims and believe they have the sole right to the children.

“Children have two parents and until we treat mums and dads with the same courtesy and rights there will continue to be murders due to sheer frustration, depression and mental illness caused by this unworkable scheme.”

Senator Hanson wrapped up her speech by thanking her supporters, including her three children and media advisor James Ashby.

“Like myself, the establishment has also kicked him about unfairly,” she said of Mr Ashby.

EARLIER

Senator Hanson denied rolling her eyes during her One Nation colleague’s first speech to Parliament, claiming she was simply embarrassed.

Senator Hanson was caught on camera appearing to roll her eyes and shake her head during, Senator Malcolm Robert’s first speech last night during which he heaped elaborate praise on his boss.

He repeatedly called her “Our Pauline”.

But Senator Hanson has taken to Facebook to protest against reports she was rolling her eyes.

“I just wanted to say thank you to Malcolm Roberts for his praise during his maiden speech today,” she said.

“Contrary to the ABC and some other narrow-minded media outlets, I wasn’t rolling my eyes out of disrespect to Malcolm’s kind words, I was simply embarrassed.

“After 20 years of having most people in the public eye slander and take potshots, I guess I don’t take compliments too well.”

Senator Roberts last night called for Australia to leave the “socialistic, monolithic” UN in an “Aus-exit” akin to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.

Senator Hanson, who will deliver her first speech to Parliament tonight, said she agrees with Senator Roberts.

“We have people from other countries (who) can’t get their own country into gear and running riot and they’re telling us how we should run our country,” she told the Nine Network.

“That our domestic laws are overridden by international law.”

Senator Hanson said she did not believe the international treaties Australia has signed had done the country any good.

“Look at the treaties we signed,” she said.

“It’s over 7000, do we know what are in it?”

In her maiden speech as an MP in 1996 Senator Hanson claimed Australia was “in danger of being swamped by Asians”.