Division
Pauline Hanson I speak in continuation of my comments from yesterday with regard to the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019. Farming is very important to the lifeblood of this nation. These morons, idiots, ratbags—you name it—are the ones who are actually going out protesting and trespassing, and they think they're doing a wonderful job in trying to help the animals, but, as I expressed here in my speech before, they are actually killing animals. They are actually seeing the death of animals, as I have explained. Farming is a life of dedication, effort and hardship. As we know, it is a struggle for farmers to make good profits year in and year out. A relatively small number of people here in the parliament would have a deep understanding of rural living and life on the land—a very small number. I'd like to really have an understanding of how many people, especially Greens, who are actually standing up and making comments, have ever lived on a rural property, bred livestock, understand drought and understand the connection with the livestock that you rear. Very few in this chamber have ever experienced that—very few. You need to understand the commitment and the hardships that are connected with this. You do look after your animals, but, at the end of the day, you rear animals as part of the food chain. They are there for us to eat, to consume, to sell. That's what these animals are reared for. You have your pets—you have your dogs, you have your cats, you have your birds. That's fair enough. Those farm animals are livestock, reared for the fact that they are there as part of the food chain. That is a fact. If you want to have a pet cow or a pet horse, you can have it. If you have a pet sheep, fine; that's your pet. Don't start imposing your views, your thoughts, on the businesses in the farming sector. They have businesses for their own livelihoods and income. It is a bit rich for the Greens, who pushed for the so-called protection of animals
Senate, 2019-09-12. negative: ayes 9, noes 40.
Question
Pauline Hanson I speak in continuation of my comments from yesterday with regard to the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019. Farming is very important to the lifeblood of this nation. These morons, idiots, ratbags—you name it—are the ones who are actually going out protesting and trespassing, and they think they're doing a wonderful job in trying to help the animals, but, as I expressed here in my speech before, they are actually killing animals. They are actually seeing the death of animals, as I have explained. Farming is a life of dedication, effort and hardship. As we know, it is a struggle for farmers to make good profits year in and year out. A relatively small number of people here in the parliament would have a deep understanding of rural living and life on the land—a very small number. I'd like to really have an understanding of how many people, especially Greens, who are actually standing up and making comments, have ever lived on a rural property, bred livestock, understand drought and understand the connection with the livestock that you rear. Very few in this chamber have ever experienced that—very few. You need to understand the commitment and the hardships that are connected with this. You do look after your animals, but, at the end of the day, you rear animals as part of the food chain. They are there for us to eat, to consume, to sell. That's what these animals are reared for. You have your pets—you have your dogs, you have your cats, you have your birds. That's fair enough. Those farm animals are livestock, reared for the fact that they are there as part of the food chain. That is a fact. If you want to have a pet cow or a pet horse, you can have it. If you have a pet sheep, fine; that's your pet. Don't start imposing your views, your thoughts, on the businesses in the farming sector. They have businesses for their own livelihoods and income. It is a bit rich for the Greens, who pushed for the so-called protection of animals
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