CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS
Mr KATTER (Kennedy) (16:00): In our little political party, we say we're about 'BORCHOFF'—it's like 'Gorbachev' without the 'Gor'. The B stands for build: we believe Australians should build—build Australia. The O is for our wonderful, beautiful nature wonderland; enjoy it, experience it, enhance it and, yes, protect it. 'Our nature wonderland'—that's the O.
The R is for reward for those who work—not the slithering suits in Sydney that play market games with each other, but people who actually produce something of value for the rest of Australia. The O—I backtrack—is for 'Own Australia'. We believe Australians should own Australia.
All our airports are foreign owned; almost all of our seaports are foreign owned. What the hell do we still own in this country? All of our underwear manufacturing has gone overseas; all of our motor vehicle manufacturing has gone overseas; all of our petrol has gone overseas.
What the hell do we produce in this country? That's what you've reduced us to. We are just a little gum tree movement; that's all we are.
We're just a gum tree movement. The 'CH' is for Christianity, and we make no apologies for this. If you look at Western civilisation, which is basically civilisation—and I refer to a number of historians, which I haven't got time to refer to in this place—it is the basis of their belief system in America.
It is the basis of all the things about them. And that is the reason why a relatively small country, compared with China and other countries, can be so enormously powerful in what they have achieved; it's extraordinary. 'O'—I've got it back to front—is our natural wonderland. Enhance it.
Use it. Enjoy it. Improve it.
Protect it. And to the 'FF' in 'BORCHOFF': we're the freedom and fun party. We don't want any regulations!
Take your regulations and do with them what I can't say in parliament. We didn't need those regulations. We got here, as Australians, without those regulations.
And you've put the price of a house up about $200,000 with your regulations and taken it out of the reach of fellow Australians. We can't subdivide land, so we say, 'Advance Australia Fair; to every Australian a "quintare"'—that's a fifth of a hectare! The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms Aldred ): Thank you, Member.
I call the member for Shortland.