STATEMENTS BY SENATORS

Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia—Manager of Australian Greens Business in the Senate) (13:34): They say, if you want a friend in politics, get a dog, but it seems as though, for the Leader of One Nation, Pauline Hanson, it's get a Gina. The relationship between Senator Pauline Hanson and, for that matter, Mr Barnaby Joyce and Gina Rinehart is starting to look really, really creepy.

It's off the charts. It's weird. Not only does Ms Rinehart pay for the transportation of the Leader of One Nation and her mates, but she's paying for European holidays, for sleepovers at Gina's house—in the $20 million mansion—for flights here, for flights there and for her own private plane.

It is all looking a bit weird. You've got to ask why. Why is the richest woman in the country funding Pauline Hanson right now?

Is it because Gina Rinehart wants to directly impact politics, have her say, have her policies implemented and get her way without daring to ever have to stand for election herself? Gina Rinehart seems to think that Pauline Hanson is her puppet. She even drags her on stage and demands that she growls like a bulldozer—grrr!

It is wacky, sick and really, really creepy. The question is: what is Gina Rinehart getting out of Pauline Hanson and One Nation? That is the question that neither of those two are willing to answer.

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