Senate debates

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Bills

Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019; In Committee

11:41 am

Photo of Pauline HansonPauline 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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