Enough ABOstraya!

This cannot go on. It must be stopped.

Pauline Hanson
 
 
This week in Parliament, I’ll be moving for the Senate to support an inquiry into much-needed reforms to our flawed native title system. Back in the early 1990s, around 14.22% of Australian land was under native title. Fast forward to 2016, and that number has jumped to over 30%, with another 31% pending.
 
This means we could soon see more than 60% of Australia under native title, with no end date for additional claims in sight. I’ve previously put forward a motion to introduce a sunset clause, but it was voted down.
 
The question remains: How can less than 3% of the population end up owning over 60% of the land under native title, especially when some Aboriginal people already own freehold land? Meanwhile, the rest of Australia is left to compromise, facing restrictions on land access and resource use.
 
We need to ask tough questions: What has native title actually achieved for the country and for Indigenous Australians? The land is tied up, and in many cases, even Indigenous people can’t own or access it.
 
This situation cannot continue unchecked. On top of this, the Prime Minister needs to come clean on his plans for the so-called “Truth and Justice Commission,” also referred to as the “Makarrata Commission.” One Nation does not support this secretive Makarrata Commission, and the people deserve to know if Albanese plans to push forward with this radical proposal, which was strongly rejected by the public when they voted down his divisive Voice.
 
It’s clear to me that this is part of a larger agenda, one that aims to create a separate black state within our nation. I’ve been fighting for equality for all Australians for the last 30 years, and I won’t stand by as our country is divided.
 
I’m also calling for a royal commission into the Aboriginal industry to expose where the $35 to $40 billion a year is going. There’s no real accountability or outcomes, and we know corruption is rife within this industry. We need transparency and true leadership on this issue, and it’s time the Australian people were given answers.