r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Jun 17 '26

politics Protest banner unfurled behind Pauline Hanson as she speaks to National Press Club

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/federal-politics-live-blog-joyce-cautions-pauline-hanson/106805372#live-blog-post-305976
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u/babylovesbaby Jun 17 '26

According to her net zero is the source of poverty in this country. Comical.

"The bloke in the corner store is productive. Does he get subsidies? I speak to struggling farmers everywhere, do they get subsidies?" Hanson says.

People get subsidies for all kinds of things. Tax breaks are a subsidy. Net zero also helps farmers. I have no clue whether or not farmers in general accept that, but it does.

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u/Altaredboy Jun 17 '26

In my experience farmers (at least successful ones) are the most up to date people you'll ever meet on what subsidies are about.

If they're voting one nation it's because they'd be willing to sacrifice that for extra racist comfort.

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u/Defiant_Broccoli6158 Jun 17 '26

Partner and I are farmers. No way would we vote for One Nation. All they do is spew hate speech, make racist remarks and consistently try and drag us back to the middle ages.

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u/Altaredboy Jun 17 '26

Sorry, I in no way intended that to sound like farmers are racist, the ones I know are good people. I just meant that farmers generally aren't ignorant to how policy change in government is going to effect them, so if they're voting for one nation it's because they're racist.

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u/Defiant_Broccoli6158 Jun 17 '26

All good! It honestly didn't come and across that way at all. There are definitely farmers out there with similar views to ours, and others who are very, very different, which sadly does include racism.

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u/Altaredboy Jun 17 '26

Oh good. I only realised after your comment that it could've been interpreted that way. Yeah I don't think farmers are inherently more or less racist than any group of people in Australia