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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says it’s “an absolute disgrace” the government has done nothing about Chinese Communist Party owned companies buying up Australian water, including in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Unibale, which is listed as an Australian subsidiary and is owned by the Chinese Communist Party, owns several thousand megalitres of water entitlements in Australian river systems. “This has been going on for quite some time,” Ms Hanson told Sky News.

“When Howard separated land from water in 2004, they allowed for the privatisation of water,” she said. “We are absolutely stupid to allow any foreign ownership of our water in this country and we should go back to the old way it was - if you don’t own land, you should not have water rights to buy and sell on the market. “Water belongs to the people of this nation, not foreign interests to make a lot of money out of it.

 

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Why is she one of the only politicians taking a stand on this issue? Everyone that opposes this is ether compromised by the CCP or downright stupid.

JewsDownUnder Hear! Hear!

OneNationAus Yes ,PAULINE, this is a DISGRACE, on the Liberals GOVT,.. They will not get elected next election.. WE someone with Guts to make the right decisions for Australians

I never ever ever thought I’d agree with anything that came out of Pauline’s mouth..and I still don’t completely agree now because this has nothing to do with Chinese Government. However, Pauline is right in that Australia should not be selling or commoditising Australian water.

She is trying to position herself as some kind of authority and she surely is not.

She is the worst politician I’ve ever encountered.

PaulineHansonOz If you really believe this, then where is the private members' bill proposing appropriate legislation? Or are you just blowing hot air and chasing self aggrandisement? Again.

As Australia emerges from the corona virus pandemic, it's our opportunity to sever the apron strings that have developed with China. Stop Selling Australia piecemeal to non Australians...!

Sadly your Aussie government fats cats sold your country down the river.

OneNationAus It’s strange that the communist party of China is participating in the free market of Australia.

Absolutely Agree. Should never have happened.

I agree with Pauline on this issue - we should be holding onto ownership of our country and the resources that it is blessed with - not selling things off!

Demand Parliament return Pauline With all the problems in Usa At least Congress is returning. We have an unprecedented amount of Problems that require debate. This tricky government needs to be held account Stand up Pauline paulinehanson

PaulineHansonOz Disgusting

Absolutely spot on Pauline. That is our essentials service and should never ever be owned by the foreign country.

This is where the ideology of the pro privatisation, small government Liberals fails. Very, very very badly. The hypocrisy is absolutely amazing.

pauline, ask the Chinese to buy our barley.

PaulineHansonOz They can buy the water but where are they going to take it to China

You ate so right❤️

Australia is doomed

Good on you PaulineHansonOz you’re a true Aussie hero! Let ScottMorrisonMP and his Pentecostal born agains serve their terms and you’ll still be standing strong with good morals. ChinaLiedPeopleDied Respect

The only thing Australia can do in trade is to sell its natural resources. What else can Aussies do - innovation, technology? No way. So it is a smart national policy to depend on China. Everything Aussies sell is useful for China.

PaulineHansonOz .... if we give in to them then they will know they can intimidate us and will do so more and more. They cannot be trusted in any way.

PaulineHansonOz We can't possibly upset one of our major trading partners who really don't give a damn about us. Now threatening tariffs on our barley. Let's put export tariffs on products exported by Chinese owned companies in Australia and our mineral exports......

But you keep voting with them Pauline.

Well at least she is commenting about something she knows, being an absolute disgrace.

Why the f&$ng chinese wants our water 🤬🤬🤬

Couldn’t agree more! How this can even go through in any country with half a decent government is beyond me! Disgusting!

Profit can’t buy back lives

ZubSpike One of a precious handful of pollies in Canberra that are half decent.

You have my vote PaulineHansonOz 🇦🇺

APride2170 In bred racist slime she is.

Love ya PaulineHansonOz been telling nothing but the truth since day one of her career.

PaulineHansonOz Im with you Pauline, keep going love 😎

PaulineHansonOz theses scared puppets need to be voted out . one nation is the only party that has the guts to stop these chinese.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 you tell them PaulineHansonOz

Surely it warrants a royalcommission Public are starting to rise and if? Funds are misappropriated we need to know the truth. These people in government need to remember who they work for. There is no grey

If China makes good on its threat of an 80% tariff (tax) on our barley,then we should impose similar on their exports 2Australia + seize Chinese controlled assets in Australia (such as t/Port of Darwin & t/University of Queensland). China is a regional bully & is no-one’s friend.

Weak Liberal Government and corrupt Politicians in both major parties that kowtow and take bribes from Chinese companies for preferential treatment. ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP SenatorWong GladysLiuMP PaulineHansonOz Senator_Patrick

PaulineHansonOz You have my vote Pauline

ZubSpike *uck,,,,,,,,,,, they Buying the WORLD !

We have been infiltrated

PaulineHansonOz 2 words and 3 letters Pauline. Gladys Liu and LNP.

PaulineHansonOz She's correct. She always was.

PaulineHansonOz All I can do is shake my head in disbelief

PaulineHansonOz Imo it's an act of Treason the Australian Constitution is for the people not a corrupt Government Pauline knows that but wont say it on the floor. The Water belongs to the people plain and simple.

ScottMorrisonMP JoshFrydenberg PeterDutton_MP SenPaterson andrewhastie

Can that thing try harder to self isolate?

Done nothing? They've encouraged it

Puppets to China Weakness we see

She is Absolutely Right!! WRWY PaulineHansonOz

PaulineHansonOz Pauline Hanson: Look at me, look at me, I'm the ugly American racist you want to see.

PaulineHansonOz They will own everything soon if someone doesn’t stand up to these corrupt Arseholes. Can a journalist with Balls ask ScottMorrisonMP the question. Watch that Dog squirm

PaulineHansonOz PAULINE for pm!!

MRobertsQLD but one nation vote with lnp on pretty much everything (prove me wrong). so she hates her own party now?

PaulineHansonOz Yep, Pauline is absolutely correct!

PaulineHansonOz I agree with Pauline. It’s a absolute joke!!

the only person fighting the real fight for australia and the australian people

MRobertsQLD Time for change. No doubt about it.

MRobertsQLD What about US companies? Focussing only on China buying up Australian resources and companies isn’t helpful IMO. Other international companies engage in predatory practices as well.

All Chinese Assets should be confiscated maybe

PaulineHansonOz The ScoMo government would sell their grandmother for a bottle of booze and a hooker.

PaulineHansonOz Absolutely. Pauline take strength. Keep it going. Has to be REVERSED.

Thank Christ PaulineHansonOz is still in parliament to call out this betrayal of the people. OneNationForOurNation

Shouldn't every politician be bringing this up, when it comes down to it, why the hell are our citizens going without, doesn't our constitution actually protect water rights for citizens, it looks like government has abandoned our fundamental rights

It’s impossible to understand how a scarce and precious essential component of all life... water... can be bought and sold.. regulated and shared for all to benefit but not owned and traded AuspolSoCorrupt

Australia should abandon market economy and nationalise all foreign assets

it is easy to dismiss Pauline but she is spot on here

As soon as the planes are flying again I am leaving Australia. Sadly this country is going down hill very fast. I had enough.

I wonder if the LNP has mental capacity issue? ScottMorrison has to go. auspol

When is our government going to bloody wake up. Pauline is bloody right. You just gave to look at all the pain China has caused. australiafirst 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Absolutely a disgrace. Sad to see that it takes someone like Pauline Hanson to state the obvious. The high and mighty have turned a blind eye to the destruction of our nation.

The LiberalAus is really the AustralianLabor party in different suits.

Why can't One Neuron address the heart of the matter, which is water sustainability? What is their policy on that?

The CCP (also affiliated with the WHO and the UN) are the biggest threat to human rights and the freedom of people on our planet. They also the biggest instigator of genocide for the last 20 yrs.

As a person receiving US government salary, her opinion means nothing.

Why are the Greens & ALP silent on this? We know the LNP will sell their grandmothers for $10, but are all our politicians Quislings?

Cavendish959 Gotta say first time I agree

Her job is talking about China every day

Magpie1954nBird Forget where I read it but Canada and America along with the UK own more of Australia then the Chinese and dear Gina of the LNP and IPA is in partnership with some of the supposed Chinese owned.

Who is this D.C.

Have to agree with her

Who controls Australia 🤔🤔🤔🤔

ChineseCommunistParty CCP_is_terrorist CCPVirus

I’m voting for her if she shut down the Chinese commies buying up Australia. This is the time!

ScottMorrisonMP MathiasCormann AlboMP tanya_plibersek billshortenmp ya better listen and take notes. PaulineHansonOz has your number and the quietAustralians are taking notes. ScottMorrisonMP the CCPVirus has laid bare the fragile state of our nation. Pucker up Princess

She’s right...✅✅✅

Holy crap! Hanson opened her mouth & I agreed with something she said...

The Chinese also own electricity distribution. They 'over invest' in poles and wires and then they pass the cost to the consumer. All this created by Mike Baird and approved by the 'productivity' commission. Corleone style!

Keep up the fight Pauline

Orange brings out a true racist

Well Pauline do something about it your good at megaphoning shit and do sweet FA your just an overpaid loudmouth

PaulineHansonOz and helendalton22 sticking it to government over China buying our water rights O Hell Yeah auspol

If the Red Headed nutter wants to stop chinese companies buying up Australian water why does she keep voting with the corrupt Liberals

QuidisVeritas How can our government do this ?.......... it’s because they’re a self serving corporate entity.......... this act is illegal and they are invalid ........ time to rise up people and lift the veil on this deception. Q_QuantumHealer Belinda_0030425 aussie_bot ZubSpike

Chinese regime owned companies should not be allowed to buy Australia water, food supplies and medical supplies which are national interest and security. If Australia water or food supplies were contaminated with pathogens, it would be disaster to Australia.

Ugly

hear, hear smh australian Greens TheNewDailyAu

Why should anyone be allowed to buy water other than water users: farmers, councils, manufactures , etc in the river system? Maybe gov? Certainly, not speculators or overseas gov/speculators? City spivs in the Australian water market- overseas shorts/ longs etc - bad news!

The whole Government needs to be charged and jailed from minning under Sydney water to running the rivers and selling to over seas investment ..it's not your water Government your killing our industries..wake up or be jailed down the track

She shouldn't worry because Americans are now going to be the top dogs in buying Australian land like Pine Gap that they already own for a long time now. Some random customer at work told me this months ago and it is happening.

MRobertsQLD That is why she has my vote from now on.

I don't like Pauline Hanson but she does have a point on this matter.

Agree with you on this Pauline keep it up

She is right

Pauline has been right for a long time, it saddens me how much CCP has infiltrated Australia. AU big wigs just love CCP money over their own country

What about American company is allowed to mine under Sydney water dam?

JoshFrydenberg WTF

It’s more than an “absolute disgrace”..... it’s bloody treasonous.... CCPVirus

Well that would be the same government you keep supporting Pouline

Australian governments have been totally addicted to Chinese money since Gough Whitlam 45 years ago.. I hope it doesn’t take another 45 years to decouple..

She is right and we need to look at it because it sounds stupid to anyone on the street

She's probably right but she doesn't have the intellect, the nous, the connections nor does she garner the respect necessary to do anything about it.

Who the f*& cares what Pauline says. How about you find some actual experts to make comment for once!

The good thing about China taking over Australia will be no more layer upon layer of government and far less opinions ! Our spineless politicians have done nothing about this. Advance China Fare

Yep Commonwealth of 🇨🇳 Why

Yes Pauline is spot on.

Milk - done Ppe - done Water- in process

Disgrace? It's literally Treason according to the Constitution.

It's well beyond time to BoycottChina and put an end to this.

CCP is infiltrating every corner of Australia.

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