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

The case of the isolated people of the North Sentinel Island has highlighted a fact that many in this place are reluctant to admit: immigration can have a devastating effect on a people's culture and way of life. You would be hard pressed to find a single expert who would argue against protecting the Sentinelese people's culture and way of life through limiting migration to their island. I, for one, will not be condemning the Sentinelese as racist for keeping their borders closed. Nor will I condemn them for their lack of diversity. All peoples should have a right to decide their own fate, and I'm disappointed that the Senate refused to join me in acknowledging this.