Sorry for this long post, but this are One Nations policies. You keep calling them crazy, and as I saw with two of their other policies you said were crazy, it turns out they weren't that crazy so thought I'd look at the rest of their policies and see just how crazy or batshit they are. Turns out, they aren't that crazy, and their policies seem very reasonable.
Water
Politicians have failed to construct dams and expand our nation's water security for our ever-increasing population. Instead, they have privatised Australia’s water, with more than 20% sold to foreign investors, while withholding the records of those who trade in this precious commodity. Enough is enough. One Nation will build new water infrastructure projects, including dams and increase the supply to Australian farmers and our growing nation. We will also legislate the full disclosure of water ownership and ban the sale of water to foreign investors.
Considering the total fuck up our governments have made of water resources, people should have a quick look at the Australian Constitution, and see what it says about water particularly farming.
Might make you angry, if you give a shit about your country, but as we know most these days especially the younger generations don't give a shit. As long as they've got their new iphone and whatever bullshit latest craze they can take part in.
Australian Jobs and Infrastructure
One Nation supports jobs for Australians first and foremost. In an effort to bolster homegrown tradesmen and women, One Nation will increase its national apprenticeship scheme whereby first-year apprentices receive a 75% wage subsidy, followed by 50% the second year, and finally 25% in their third year. The release of this program in 2019 was taken up within three weeks by regional businesses. The second rollout of the program was again swiftly welcomed. A third installment of this strategy would be combined with nation-building infrastructure projects including water, rail, roads, and energy. One Nation does not support casualisation of the workforce and instead embraces full-time jobs.
Most governments keep talking about skills shortages. Then they import foreigners supposedly "skilled" to do the jobs.
Like I keep saying, we should be supporting our own first and foremost, not foreigners, especially with the high unemployment particularly youth unemployment. Of course the usual leftist and globalist created excuses of "[insert nationality here] people dont want to work/do the jobs" is the response.
Refugees
One Nation favours Australians first and foremost. We believe in reducing the refugee intake for five years in an effort to redirect critical funding to Australian services. The cost to Australian taxpayers to hold each asylum seeker or refugee on Nauru has escalated to $358,646 per month — or $4.3 million a year. One Nation supports the withdrawal of Australia from the outdated United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention.
100%. Particularly pulling out of globalist treaties.
Most wouldn't even know how much we are paying to resettle people in Australia. What our taxes are used to pay for is absolutely outrageous when Australian citizens aren't even afforded such things courtesy of the governments and our taxes.
Affordable Energy and Cost of Living
One Nation will apply a national plan that guarantees low-cost, reliable, dispatchable power by building new low-emission coal-fired power stations. We will restore Australia’s essential 90-day fuel security policy with on-shore oil reserves and the capacity to refine fuels for domestic supply. Australia’s abundant natural resources should be for the prosperity of our own citizens instead of our global competitors. One Nation supports the investigation of nuclear power in Australia. We strongly oppose the waste of multi-billion dollar government subsidy schemes offered to foreign-owned solar and wind projects.
Labor or Liberal proposing to restore the 90 day fuel supply? They're the ones who dwindled it away.
We have tonnes of off shore oil and gas reserves, as well as tonnes of onshore oil reserves.
Australia’s abundant natural resources should be for the prosperity of our own citizens instead of our global competitors.
Anyone who doesn't support this is, needs their head examined.
World Organisations And Trade Agreements
The Australian Constitution must be upheld at all times and not undermined by United Nations forums and its 193 member states. One Nation does not support the World Economic Forum’s 'Great Reset'.
Free Trade Agreements that function against the best interest of Australians must also be scrapped. Import tariffs should be reimplemented on select countries to protect Australia's remaining industry and manufacturing while safeguarding homegrown jobs and wage levels.
This brings us back to one of your earlier points when you painted them as bat shit crazy.
I don't see what's bat shit crazy about protecting our national interests, including upholding OUR constitution.
Citizen Initiated Referenda
One Nation will push for the introduction of a Citizens Initiated Referenda, enabling Australian citizens to put forward legislation or a referendum question without waiting for politicians to listen and act.
Sounds like a good idea, but may or may not work out.
Family Law and Child Support
One Nation supports the rights of a parent, as much as the rights of a child. Children have a right to have both parents involved in their life if the mother and father are deemed to be fit and able. We also support the rights of grandparents when family relationships sour. One Nation strongly supports the implementation of a fairer child support system whereby the children are financially supported, not the ex-partner. It is imperative that Australia’s Family Law system is made fairer to discourage expensive, adversarial court action.
100%.
It should be about the children, not the ex's battling it out and using the kids as a means to punish each other.
Child support payment should be for that, the child.
Pensioners
One Nation will advocate for a $100 a week rise under the Work Bonus scheme that would allow pensioners to earn up to $13,000 a year without reducing their pension (Work Bonus Scheme is currently $7,800 p.a.). We believe that you must have lived and worked in Australia for at least 15 years before accessing pension entitlements. One Nation opposes the increase to the age of entitlement to 70 years of age.
Should be even more.
The money saved from resettling fake refugees and economic opportunists who come here on bullshit visas that shouldn't exist, could go towards actually supporting our own citizens.
About bloody time.
Farming
More than 53 million hectares of prime agricultural land is held by foreign interests. This equates to 14% of Australia’s total 372 million hectares of agricultural land. One Nation will ban any further sale of freehold farmland to foreign investors and limit the sale of leasehold farmland to a tenure of 25 years. One Nation will also reimplement Foreign Investment Review Board applications on all Agricultural Land from expiring Free Trade Agreements. We strongly support the re-establishment of a Federal Government backed rural lending fund to safeguard Australian farmers throughout drought and other natural weather events.
Too much of our farmland has been sold off.
Not to benefit me or you, like some people might think, but to benefit foreigners. The food is shipped overseas, not to our supermarkets and butchers.
It's actually funny that some people think that we should allow all foreign investment unchecked, because apparently its good for us and we will die without it or some such bullshit.
But go try do the same shit these foreign corporations often backed by their governments and their money, in their countries. See how far you get. You wont get very far is the short answer.
But we should keep allowing the selling of our nation.
[qoute]Foreign Ownership
One Nation will pursue urgent reform to Australia’s foreign investment rules by legislating a clear definition of ‘National Interest' based on national security, competition, tax, a character test, and any other impacts to Australia. Essential services including power, water, telecommunications, roadways, and ports would be off-limits to foreign investors. With a crucial shortage of housing stock in Australia, we must stop the sale of property to non-residents and non-citizens.[/quote]
Again this is one thing you pointed out that you were wrong about.
This isn't bat shit crazy, this is sensible and reasonable.
There's many countries you can't go buy a house in as a foreigner. Even if you became a citizen of some countries, they still wont allow you to own any property because you're not born there.
Why should we continue to allow foreigners with no allegiance to Australia, particularly Chinese nationals who are members of the CCP and are coming here to buy up property with CCP money (that's a fact, and you can find that out your self if you don't believe me), to buy into our property market?
Median house price in Adelaide is now $750,000.
Education
Despite a $24.8 billion budget for state education services, Australia continues to rank lower than comparable high- and middle-income countries in achieving quality education outcomes. One Nation will restore critical thinking in the classroom and reinstate the cornerstone of education with reading, writing, arithmetic, and discipline. There should be no room for Western, white, gender, guilt shaming in any classroom and instead children should be taught the benefits of a merit-based, free-thinking society.
School should be about education, not political indoctrination of young impressionable minds.
Immigration
Zero-net immigration throughout COVID illustrated how putting the brakes on migration reduced congestion on our roads and allowed Government services to focus on Australians. One Nation will extend its zero-net migration policy and focus on permitting only highly skilled migrants from culturally cohesive countries into Australia. Migrants must demonstrate a sound level of English for assimilation purposes. Education courses in Australian universities should not be used as a backdoor to immigrate to Australia.
Spot on.
Medical Cannabis
Whole plant medicinal cannabis continues to act as a natural, proven alternative for chronic pain relief and other serious health symptoms experienced by Australians. One Nation remains at the forefront of advocacy within the federal parliament and will continue our push to bring the cost of access down.
Just legalize it already. Let people grow it, sell it, consume it. Tax it, like many states in America already do. Takes away the income of some elements of organized crime.
Illicit Drugs Epidemic
Australia continues to rank a shameful second for the use of illicit drugs according to the latest National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program conducted by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. Sadly Customs inspect just over 1% of the more than 8 million shipping containers that enter Australian ports annually. One Nation will fund the increase of scanning and inspection of containers through the seizure of assets and money from the proceeds of drug crimes. One Nation will also establish a Federal Police Drug Bus in each state that will provide an educational roadshow for parents and students.
Yep, not enough is done because there aren't enough resources on our ports of entry.
If we had a coast guard, those shipments of cocaine that washed up on our west coast could have been intercepted. Maybe they never would have tried if we had a coast guard actively patrolling our waters.
Stop the Rorts
Australia is by and large a very generous nation with government-paid safeguard services for the sick, unemployed, aged, and disabled. For services of this nature to continue, we must prevent them from being rorted.
One Nation will push for an identification photo to be displayed on Medicare cards to positively identify users and reduce the number of fraudulent claims made by non-Australian citizens.
We will stop the use of NDIS funding to pay for sex worker services. (A Federal Court ruling permits the use of taxpayers money for sex workers under the NDIS scheme.)
And One Nation will set the term of unemployment benefits to three years in any given five-year period to end long-term unemployment payments to those under the age of 50.
Multinational Taxation
One Nation will oppose any increase in the GST as it will heavily impact on Australia’s standard of living and further burden those on the pension and low incomes. We will maintain our opposition to the reintroduction of death duties and pursue a tax regime that ensures multi-national businesses pay their fair share of tax while operating within Australia.
Firearms Ownership
One Nation supports responsible gun ownership and will preserve the current laws which allow law abiding citizens access to firearms, whether it be for work, farming or sports-related activities. We do not believe that further stringent measures or regulations are required regarding licensing. One Nation calls for stricter border security and tougher sentencing for gun crimes and traffickers.
Health
Australia’s health system was beyond capacity prior to COVID-19 and evidently inadequate in regional parts of the nation. One Nation recognises the need to bolster the number of regional doctors, nurses, and other critical health professionals. In an effort to encourage better regional medical services, One Nation will introduce three-year contracts for newly qualified medical professionals and in return pay their HECS-HELP loans in full.
Where's the batshit crazy?
Pro-Life
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation acknowledges the scientific fact that a human being’s life begins in the womb.
We were horrified when State Governments passed legislation which legalised abortion up until birth for any reason. This law is one of the most extreme in the western world.
One Nation will seek every opportunity to roll back brutal and extreme abortion law so that both unborn babies and pregnant women will have a level of legal and medical protection once again.
One Nation will:
Reduce the gestational limit for abortions - Current legislation in some states allows the abortion of an unborn child up until the day of birth.
Ban sex-selective abortion - Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of a child. The selective abortion of female fetuses is most common where male children are valued over females.
Implement counselling and other safeguards - Women who may be considering an abortion must be provided counselling and compassionate assistance.
Medical care for babies born alive during an abortion - Neonatal care must be provided to babies born alive during an abortion, as would be given to any other child born at the same stage of pregnancy and in the same medical condition.
Anaesthetised abortion - Current procedures across Australia only offer the mother anaesthetic when performing a surgical abortion.
Restore Doctor’s Rights - Reinstitute a doctor’s full right to a full conscientious objection to abortion.
Ban organ harvesting - Prevent the use of aborted baby organs.
Mandate data reporting - Current legislation fails to report abortion rates in some states.
In some parts of America, they're allowing "abortion" after birth. That's not "abortion", that's state sponsored murder.
Anyone who supports this sort of rubbish, is in fact the batshit crazy one.
Good on One Nation for standing up against this bullshit.
COVID-19 Policy
One Nation opposes COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Australian citizens.
One Nation will continue its push for a Royal Commission into the management of the COVID-19 pandemic by Australian governments.
While we acknowledge that people have died from COVID, there is a noteworthy difference between 'died of’, versus 'died with’. It is critical that an honest and thorough examination of how Federal, State, and Territory governments managed the pandemic is implemented by the parliament.
We need a Royal Commission not to lay blame or find scapegoats—because the buck will always stop with the Prime Minister and State and Territory leaders as it must in a representative democracy—but primarily to learn which pandemic measures worked and which didn’t, so that we are much better prepared for the next pandemic.
Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them.
A Royal Commission of Inquiry will have the necessary power to compel the expert health advice Australian governments relied upon to justify and implement pandemic measures—much of this advice has been hidden from the Australian people. We need a Royal Commission because this inquiry must be completely transparent to the Australian public.
The Australian people deserve a comprehensive account of the decisions made by their governments to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yep, we definitely need answers on a lot of what's been going on.
Apparently, Nicola Spurier couldn't answer what medical advice they were acting on. All they could provide, was meeting documents. No medical advice for a lot of what they imposed on us.
Our chief police officer couldn't recall a lot as well in the witness stand. Interesting for someone in the top seat of a profession that is all about integrity.
There's a lot to answer for.
Climate
One Nation believes Australia should withdraw from the United Nations Paris Agreement signed in 2016.
Australia has committed to the deepest and most savage carbon emission cuts in the world on a per person basis. This commitment is predicted to slow the Australian economy with enormous job losses. In our view, this economic suicide cannot be justified on the evidence put forward by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
We know that the majority of people believe in man-made global warming caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This belief is reinforced by media coverage of events like forest fires and droughts, but government policy needs to rest on the evidence and there is a growing concern about the evidence on which the claims of man-made global warming rests.
It is just too easy to allow our memories, often unreliable, to accept the often repeated claims that it has never been hotter. Given the economic costs, we believe we need to listen to the evidence.
It is the evidence we should take regard of when making policy. The history of science is that it’s the evidence that counts.
We have confidence in evidence when the experiment can be repeated and the same results are achieved.
We have confidence in science when the evidence is consistent with the theory and that theory predicts events in the future.
Scientists predicted global warming would lead to extremes of weather, which would be more intense and more frequent, but despite media reports extreme weather events were more common prior to 1960 than at any time since.
Climate science suffers from problems not found in other areas. Firstly, there are no accurate records for past temperature and it is difficult to reconstruct those temperatures from proxies. Secondly, it is difficult to arrive at a single temperature for the earth in the past and a single temperature for the earth now, so that the two temperatures can be compared and in that way, we can say there is a pattern of warming not seen before the greenhouse gases increased in the atmosphere.
Central to both these problems is the fact that there is no one place to take the earth’s temperature, but rather an infinite number of places ranging from the equator to the poles. Any attempt to add temperature measurements together creates uncertainty because the average varies depending on how many temperatures are collected in cold places and how many in hot places.
If there is global warming, then we say it should be reflected in a large number of places in different climate zones but in Australia that appears not to be the case.
The longest-running weather collection station in Australia, known as the Nobby’s Weather Station at Newcastle, has shown no pattern of warming since temperature records were collected in 1862. The hottest mean average temperatures at Nobby’s were before 1900 and the highest maximums before 1890.
There are other historical records for temperature kept by telegraph operators on the Overland Telegraph Service from the mid-1800s. They show temperatures were higher and heat waves were longer in duration before 1900.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) was established in 1906 and its records start in 1910, but it does not use earlier temperature records.
The IPCC uses a homogenized data set known as HadCrut4, which is a compiled by the Hadley Centre of the UK Met Office and the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia.
The 2009 Climategate emails from the CRU at the University of East Anglia reveal the problems with the methods used by climate scientists to determine global temperatures. These emails show how difficult it is to recreate past temperatures from tree rings, lake sediment cores, bubbles of air caught in ice cores and other proxies for past temperature.
It is critical these reconstructed past temperatures are right, because any claim of global warming rests on evidence that temperatures were lower in the period before 1850 when industrialisation started to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Climate scientists acknowledge that the earth’s climate has changed in the past including when large parts of the world were covered in ice. The medieval warm period (950-1200) was following by colder and warmer periods.
It is generally agreed that natural events caused these temperature changes. These natural events include volcanic eruptions, and progressive changes in the earth’s tilt, the earth’s path around the sun and the wobble effect of the earth spinning on its axis.
It was only in 2015 that evidence was found of a connection between the earth’s tilt (that shifts through a 41,000 year cycle between 21.5 degrees and 24.5 degrees) and the movement of the low-pressure band of clouds (that is the earth’s largest source of heat and moisture- the Intertropical Convergence Zone). This research suggests severe droughts and severe flooding can be caused by changes in the earth’s tilt.
It is clear to us that climate research needs to continue, but after thirty years of work by the IPCC there is insufficient evidence of global warming of the kind claimed by the IPCC and there is insufficient evidence of the climate catastrophes predicted.
We are the only political party to question climate science. One Nation Senators have taken every opportunity to use the Senate Estimates cycle, to understand the position of government advisers on climate science like CSIRO.
The problem with climate change, is it's a topic that's been hijacked by those wanting to push an agenda, a narrative.
There's big money to be made, especially in going green.
How much of the environment needs to be destroyed for us to have the technologies to go green? They never show that part of the equation because it doesn't suit the narrative.
The political bullshit and spin about "climate emergency" and other over the top dramatized bs nonsense should stop.
Instead the focus should be on going green because it makes sense, it's a logical step in our technological evolution.
The narrative should be we are moving towards more efficient and cleaner forms of transportation for example.
but it's kind of hard to take any of it seriously (unless you're a batshit crazy radical leftist pushing a globalist agenda without knowing it lol), when those at the top of the narrative/agenda are flying around in private jets and live in big fuckoff mansions and so on.
So personally, after having glanced at One Nations policies, I don't see what's bat shit crazy
What I see is a party that wants to prioritize our national interests first and foremost.