Pauline Hanson issues a brutal message to Anthony Albanese’s government as she gives away free fish and chips to struggling Aussies
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has started her own fish and chip van, providing meals to Australians struggling with the housing crisis.
Before being elected MP in 1996, Ms Hanson operated a fish and chip shop in Ipswich, Queensland, which was often the subject of ridicule by her political opponents.
But now Ms Hanson is using her experience behind the fryer as a central campaign strategy ahead of next year’s election.
‘People like to say, ‘Go back to your fish and chip shop. Pauline’. I’m going one step further, I’m bringing my fish and chip shop straight to you,” Mrs Hanson said.
‘We’re here to listen, learn and share some fish and chips.’
Ms Hanson’s first stop was Queensland Premier Steven Miles’ electorate of Murrumba, where she handed out free fish and chips to rough sleepers at a makeshift tent community in Mckillop Park.
“It breaks my heart to see people living in their tents,” she said Sky News.
‘I think I’m the only MP with my own fish and chip van feeding the homeless and the people who are really struggling with the cost of living.’
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson (right) visited a Brisbane tent city in Steven Miles’ Murrumba electorate last week to hand out free fish and chips
Senator Hanson (pictured) wore a shirt that said ‘Aussies before refugees’ and ‘charity starts at home’ as she handed out the fish and chips
Ms Hanson called on the Albanian government to halt immigration to Australia as the housing crisis worsened.
Long-term overseas arrivals now outnumber new home construction by almost four to one, according to official figures.
“You’re not going to bring more people into the country when our own Aussies are living in this situation where they’re sitting in a park, in tents, and it’s just not here – it’s happening all over the country,” she said. .
She claimed that the Albanian government was using immigration to support the economy.
“Government, get your heads in, stop your spending, and then cut immigration to net zero immigration and then address the infrastructure problems we have in Australia,” she said.
“Don’t keep bringing in people because you can’t manage the economy.”
Ms Hanson says the Albanian government must stop immigration amid the housing crisis
The Albanian government pledged to build 1 million new homes within five years under a plan announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, but data shows this is on track to fail.
The Housing Industry Association has warned Dr Chalmers that 185,000 homes will be built per year in 2024 and 2025, 15,000 short of the target of 200,000 per year, as construction costs and high interest rates skyrocket.
Labor also promised to halve immigration figures from July, contributing to the housing shortage and skyrocketing rents.
However, official data showed that net migration in February hit an unprecedented 105,000 people, an increase of almost 20 percent on the previous record, and even more the month before.
Home Secretary Clare O’Neill said the government was still on track to meet the migration target.