Hanson backs rebel bid to put abortion back on Queensland agenda
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has backed efforts by a rebel LNP representative to reignite the abortion debate in Queensland.
Mackay MP Nigel Dalton took to the floor on Tuesday to support a campaign. Katter’s Australian Party’s move to turn the joke on its head It was introduced by David Crisafulli in an attempt to neutralize the problem.
Dalton later said in a speech: “This is a personal reaction; this is me being on good terms with God, being on good terms with society.” online interview explaining the decision.
That effort failed, but it did shine a spotlight on the fracture in the conservative side of Queensland politics that has been largely contained since the 2024 election.
Asked whether the move was in the interests of Queenslanders, Hanson said on Friday it was a key concern for many voters.
“The abortion issue is very important to many Australians and I actually had great concerns about it,” Hanson told reporters at the Commonwealth offices in the Brisbane CBD.
“What have we become of this country? Where is our humanity? I think it’s disgusting.”
in the 2024 elections Labor tried to pressure LNP on abortionsuggests that many members privately plan to support legislation banning the medical procedure.
Crisafulli has repeatedly stated that changes to the status quo are as follows:not part of our plan” and described the Labor narrative as a scare campaign.
This week, Dalton admitted that he doesn’t believe his own leader’s rhetoric.
“I’ve been at press conferences with other members of government currently in Mackay and we’ve said there will be no change to abortion laws,” he said.
“There probably won’t be any changes, but I didn’t believe it.
“Hopefully in some ways we can stand up and say this and do that to draw attention to what the abortion law in Queensland actually says.”
One Nation has surged in the polls recently, a trend largely attributed to ongoing cost-of-living pressures and a wave of dissatisfaction with the Liberal and National parties.
Hanson supported an LNP policy, Reintroducing optional preferential voting in Queensland, He suggests this could benefit his party in the 2028 state elections.
“The people are shouting that they do not want their votes to flow to someone they do not want in parliament,” he said.
“Give them the option to tick next to one of the candidates or leave it blank, because most of these people should not be in parliament.”
The populist firebrand has not made his decision on the incumbent LNP government in Queensland but said major party members were defecting to One Nation across the country.
“Different jockey, same dead horse” He said it was five hours after Angus Taylor dethroned Sussan Ley as leader of the federal opposition
“The people are fed up. They are hurting and they want strong leadership.”
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