Pauline Hanson visits Hobart to spruik Steve Mav as One Nation senate pick

Pauline Hanson braved Hobart’s stormy weather in order to spruik Hobart candidate Steve Mav as One Nation’s top senate pick for the upcoming election.

Pauline Hanson braved the stormy weather on Friday in order to spruik Hobart candidate Steve Mav as One Nation’s top senate pick for the upcoming election.

She came wielding her big orange umbrella in order to join Mr Mav on one of his regular waving sessions in an attempt to sway potential voters.

Both of them have controversial views surrounding the Covid jab, particularly Mr Mav who has repeatedly shared anti-vax conspiracy theories on his Facebook page.

One of them is Idaho doctor Ryan Cole, who believes the government has “suppressed” the use of the drug Ivermectin in order to “vend” Covid vaccines, which he claims cause cancer.

However, Mr Mav denies being an anti-vaxxer himself, saying that he merely advocates people “doing their own research”.

“I’m pro choice. I respect your decision, whether you take the vaccination or you don’t take it. I’m not advocating for you to take it or not to take it, I’m saying do your own research,” he said.

Senator Pauline Hanson and One Nation Senate candidate Steve Mav at Hobart. Picture: Chris Kidd.

In an open letter to his supporters, who he dubs his “Mavvies”, Mr Mav takes aim at Australia’s immigration policy under the sign: “Bugger off, we’re full”.

However, Mr Mav insists he is not against immigration, and that furthermore his own parents are immigrants.

“I’m not against Australians who have come from overseas, what I’m against is mass immigration. We have serious problems in our country,” Mr Mav said.

“If you look at the deficit, we’re going to have hundreds of billions of dollars of debt for decades. What we have to do is invest this money in our country.”

Mr Mav’s main election platform is building four super-health clinics for Tasmania, two in the north and two in the south.

Senator Pauline Hanson at Hobart. Picture: Chris Kidd.

He said he intends to fund the clinics by scrapping Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation project to expand the state’s hydro-electric capacities.

Ms Hanson said she supported the push for Tasmanian super-clinics, and was confident that Mr Mav would bring some fresh ideas into the parliament.

“Steve is very dedicated and very passionate about Tasmania. When I sat down and had a talk with him he wanted to start up super health clinics because the health system is a hell of a mess in Tasmania,” Ms Hanson said.

“Politics is about bringing new ideas. You don’t want ‘yes politicians’ who just follow what the herds themselves say… you’ve got to bring new ideas.”

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