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

One Nation does support Senator Cash's motion. I was just gobsmacked to hear the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Wong, get up and say she was absolutely appalled by this stunt. This amendment—I will put on record what is in here—'congratulates the United States of America and the State of Israel for their sustained efforts to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon' and welcomes the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, a brutal dictator who oppressed the Iranian people for decades. It goes on to condemn the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, 'for its sponsorship of terrorism globally, including its role in orchestrating antisemitic attacks targeting Jewish Australians on Australian soil, acts which represent a direct attack on our social cohesion and national security'; deplore 'the recent attacks by Iran on civilian infrastructure in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, including the suspension of operations at Dubai's major airports due to regional hostilities'; and express 'strong support for the Iranian people in their ongoing struggle against the IRGC'. I don't call it a stunt to raise this, in light of what happened over the weekend.

Also, I hear the Greens' and Senator Shoebridge's comments that they're not for war. There's not one senator in this place that would support war, but it is very important that we defend countries for their democracy and for the freedom of their people. It's quite amazing; they want their allies, but if war ever touched Australian shores—if any case of war were to happen in our country—wouldn't they be screaming and crying out for people around the world to support us? On the one hand we don't want war, but what would happen if it ever were to happen in Australia?

I want to say that to call it a stunt—