STATEMENTS BY SENATORS

Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia—Manager of Australian Greens Business in the Senate) (13:34): I want to speak today about some very concerning reports about One Nation's online activities. It seems as though One Nation is using foreign based meme factories to boost their political campaign here in Australia. What we know from the reports of hardworking Australian journalists is that One Nation's online presence is being boosted by factories of people in Indonesia, Vietnam and India who are purporting to be representative of Australians when in fact they're not.

They are participating in political campaigns here in Australia from these foreign based digital factories. This is foreign interference. It beggars belief that One Nation, who purport to be for Australia, are running their political campaign from offshore.

Now, the questions are: Who is funding this? Who is authorising it? From the money that is generated from these online political campaigns, who is being paid?

Who's collecting all of that money? It is dodgy, it is dishonest and it needs a proper and full investigation.