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

According to those who are bitterly opposed to myself and One Nation, another sacred cow I supposedly slaughtered at the National Press Club was paid parental leave funded by taxpayers. Let's be absolutely clear on the facts. I support paid parental leave, and I will not change it. I repeat I will not change it. Actually, I supported the 26 weeks of paid parental leave passed recently. Anyone who says or implies otherwise is lying to the Australian people.

That's what's been happening every day since my speech: misrepresentations and outright falsehoods. It's why Australians' trust in government, politics and the media is at an all-time low. Australians are sick of being lied to. Australians are sick of being ignored. As I said in that same speech, Australians know what you've been saying about me, and they no longer believe it.

One Nation supports Australian families and supports more choices and flexibility for Australian families. We're the only party that has a policy to enable couples with children to split incomes and file joint tax returns. We're the only party which supports greater choices and greater oversight for parents in the education of their children. We're the only party which wants to scrap net zero and bring genuine cost-of-living relief to Australian workers and their families. We're the only party which wants to slash mass migration to reduce housing demand and ban foreign ownership of residential property to increase housing supply. We're the only party which has a policy to slash the out-of-control government spending that is driving high inflation and high mortgage payments. We're the only party that puts Australian families first. As I said before, stop your lies. Stop misconstruing my words into something they're not. I support paid parental leave. (Time expired)