Senate debates
Thursday, 12 September 2019
Bills
Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019; In Committee
11:41 am
Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) | Hansard source
Through the chair, the comment earlier from Senator Whish-Wilson was, in his own words, 'World Heritage listing'—that they can't be touched; they're World Heritage listed. Again, the Greens are speaking through their hat. They come out fearmongering. They never put facts on the table to put a decent argument and debate about this. It's all about emotional issues. Talking about the piggery is not dealing with what this legislation is all about. It's not dealing with trees that are going to be cut down in a World Heritage listed area. Old-growth forests are not going to be touched. It's about new plantation trees that we need to have in Australia, and this is why—
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