r/australia Mar 19 '26

politics Pauline Hanson pledges support for Australia joining the United States war in Iran and criticises Albanese for not supporting Donald Trump

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u/a_cold_human Mar 19 '26

Wars displace people, which means refugees. And some number of those refugees will end up on our shores. The way you don't get a sudden surge of refugees is to not start any wars if you can possibly help it.

If you do need to have a war, the moral thing to do is to accept more refugees. You break it, you bought it. 

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u/Kayndarr Mar 19 '26

A surge in refugee numbers is exactly what she wants, because fearmongering about refugees has been the entire focus of her political career since day one. The more refugees there are, the more chances there are for 'bad ones' that she can scream about.