Friday, August 09, 2013 11:24:52 PM
One Nation candidate quits race after Islam gaffe
Date August 10, 2013 - 10:56AM
VIDEO .. some repeat some new .. she complains of the editing of her comments ..
says everyone has something to learn .. say she feels she has a lot of support ..
One Nation candidate describes Islam as a country
Stephanie Banister, the One Nation candidate for Rankin in Queensland, says Islam is a
country and gets her facts wrong on multiple issues in an embarrassing television interview.
The One Nation candidate ridiculed after referring to Islam as a country in a television interview has withdrawn from the election campaign.
Stephanie Banister, 27, was running for the seat of Rankin in Queensland but One Nation leader Jim Savage told reporters on Saturday Ms Banister has decided to withdraw following the fallout from her interview with the Seven Network.
During the interview, which Mr Savage says was misrepresentative, Ms Banister referred to Islam as a country as well as referring to the Koran as "haram". She also said the national disability insurance scheme was "working at the moment", when it does not begin until 2016.
"She continues to have the full support of the One Nation executive, and contrary to reports on the media last night and in the newspapers today, Stephanie has not been disendorsed and will not be disendorsed," Mr Savage said.
"However, due to the threats against Stephanie's family, herself, her children, the abuse she's copped and the enormous pressure she's been put under, Stephanie has decided she wants to withdraw from the candidacy for the seat of Rankin. We have accepted it with regret."
Ms Banister had only been in politics for 48 hours at the time of the interview and made a short statement alongside Mr Savage but wasn't allowed to answer any questions on Saturday.
"With the way Channel Seven edited my interview, I was left quite the fool," Ms Banister said.
"I'd like to apologise to One Nation, to my friends and family, for any embarrassment this has brought to them."
Mr Savage said it was his responsibility such a novice candidate had been allowed to conduct an interview without appropriate preparation but also claimed Channel Seven had unfairly targeted Ms Banister.
He said it was unclear at this stage if One Nation would nominate a replacement candidate for Rankin with the deadline for nominations on Thursday.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/one-nation-candidate-quits-race-after-islam-gaffe-20130810-2rocs.html
====== .. lol .. come and gone .. she was new to me .. Pauline Hanson i've mentioned before ..
Hanson's Senate bid: 'I'm the redhead voters can trust'
----- .. insert .. i suggest a glance at this one first ..
See also .. Leadership spill: Tony Abbott beats Turnbull by one vote .. [...] ..
He was the guy who headed the dirty tricks effort to skewer Pauline Hanson's .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson ..
One Nation party. Why? Her One Nation party drew, rural mostly, conservative votes from John Howard's then conservative Liberal party .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=44043909
-----
Judith Ireland Date June 3, 2013
[VIDEO]Hanson back in the firing line
Pauline Hanson is heckled at a Sydney press conference as she announces her senate candidature.
Pauline Hanson has rejoined her old party, One Nation, and will run for a NSW Senate seat in the upcoming federal election.
''Pauline Hanson is the brand of One Nation,'' Ms Hanson told Fairfax Media on Monday. ''I'm so proud to be back with them.''
The former federal member for Oxley co-founded One Nation in 1997, but left the party in 2002 saying she had been forced out.
Pauline Hanson has announced she'll run for a NSW Senate seat for the One Nation party. Photo: Simone De Peak
She said she has now been welcomed back with ''open arms'' and will run on a One Nation ticket with candidates who have yet to be decided.
''I think now's the time for me to go back and finish what I haven't finished,'' she said. ''I believe that I'm the redhead they can trust.''
Ms Hanson, who has previously run for a Queensland Senate seat and was rumoured to be thinking about Joel Fitzgibbon's lower house seat of Hunter in NSW, said she believed the NSW Senate was the right place for her to stand.
The Queenslander explained her partner was from NSW and she owned property in the state.
Ms Hanson also said she had realised it was extremely hard to stand for a lower house seat as the preferential voting system was ''weighted in favour of the major parties''.
She said the major parties would preference her last because ''I'm the last person that they want to see on the floor of Parliament''.
Ms Hanson, who is funding her own campaign, said she wanted to bring transparency and accountability back into government.
''The general public, including myself, we're fed up with the selfish, dysfunctional and egotistical political parties that have not been there for the people, they've only been there for their own survival.''
Ms Hanson conceded it would not be easy for her to win a NSW Senate spot.
''I admit that,'' she said. ''But I believe that people see me as a person who's honest and trustworthy.
She said that she had joined Facebook and wanted people to understand her positions on ''illegal boat people'', foreign ownership of farmland and housing affordability.
''[I] intend to work very hard to win this seat, I intend to win the trust of people who may have been dubious about wanting to vote for me,'' she said.
Ms Hanson was elected to the seat of Oxley as an independent in 1996 after she was disendorsed by the Liberal Party for controversial comments on government assistance for aborigines. She lost the seat in 1998, and since then has made several unsuccessful attempts at reelection at both state and federal levels.
Greens democracy spokesperson and Senator for NSW Lee Rhiannon said she hoped the decision by Ms Hanson to run would not lead to ugly debates over asylum seekers and multiculturalism in Australia.
“In a democracy everyone is welcome to stand for Parliament, but it would be disappointing if this led to another negative debate around Australia’s very successful multiculturalism policy.
"The One Nation brand has often been associated with ugly politicking which might grab some headlines but has no place in the upcoming election.
"People have a right to seek asylum in Australia and any election debate around immigration should acknowledge this.’’
On Monday, Ms Hanson dismissed the suggestion that she was only contesting elections for the money, saying she was one of the first people to come out against the federal government’s proposed boost to party funding last week.
‘‘I can assure you, if I’m in the Senate, I will be the first one to inform the Australian people if it’s going to be snuck through the Parliament,’’ she told reporters in Sydney.
A candidate or Senate group is eligible for election funding if they obtain at least 4 per cent of the first preference vote in the division or the state they contest.
In 2007, Pauline’s United Australia Party received $213,095 in electoral funding and in 2004 Ms Hanson individually received $199,886. Neither of these figures reflects what may have been spent during the course of the campaigns.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/hansons-senate-bid-im-the-redhead-voters-can-trust-20130603-2nl21.html
Date August 10, 2013 - 10:56AM
VIDEO .. some repeat some new .. she complains of the editing of her comments ..
says everyone has something to learn .. say she feels she has a lot of support ..
One Nation candidate describes Islam as a country
Stephanie Banister, the One Nation candidate for Rankin in Queensland, says Islam is a
country and gets her facts wrong on multiple issues in an embarrassing television interview.
The One Nation candidate ridiculed after referring to Islam as a country in a television interview has withdrawn from the election campaign.
Stephanie Banister, 27, was running for the seat of Rankin in Queensland but One Nation leader Jim Savage told reporters on Saturday Ms Banister has decided to withdraw following the fallout from her interview with the Seven Network.
During the interview, which Mr Savage says was misrepresentative, Ms Banister referred to Islam as a country as well as referring to the Koran as "haram". She also said the national disability insurance scheme was "working at the moment", when it does not begin until 2016.
"She continues to have the full support of the One Nation executive, and contrary to reports on the media last night and in the newspapers today, Stephanie has not been disendorsed and will not be disendorsed," Mr Savage said.
"However, due to the threats against Stephanie's family, herself, her children, the abuse she's copped and the enormous pressure she's been put under, Stephanie has decided she wants to withdraw from the candidacy for the seat of Rankin. We have accepted it with regret."
Ms Banister had only been in politics for 48 hours at the time of the interview and made a short statement alongside Mr Savage but wasn't allowed to answer any questions on Saturday.
"With the way Channel Seven edited my interview, I was left quite the fool," Ms Banister said.
"I'd like to apologise to One Nation, to my friends and family, for any embarrassment this has brought to them."
Mr Savage said it was his responsibility such a novice candidate had been allowed to conduct an interview without appropriate preparation but also claimed Channel Seven had unfairly targeted Ms Banister.
He said it was unclear at this stage if One Nation would nominate a replacement candidate for Rankin with the deadline for nominations on Thursday.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/one-nation-candidate-quits-race-after-islam-gaffe-20130810-2rocs.html
====== .. lol .. come and gone .. she was new to me .. Pauline Hanson i've mentioned before ..
Hanson's Senate bid: 'I'm the redhead voters can trust'
----- .. insert .. i suggest a glance at this one first ..
See also .. Leadership spill: Tony Abbott beats Turnbull by one vote .. [...] ..
He was the guy who headed the dirty tricks effort to skewer Pauline Hanson's .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson ..
One Nation party. Why? Her One Nation party drew, rural mostly, conservative votes from John Howard's then conservative Liberal party .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=44043909
-----
Judith Ireland Date June 3, 2013
[VIDEO]Hanson back in the firing line
Pauline Hanson is heckled at a Sydney press conference as she announces her senate candidature.
Pauline Hanson has rejoined her old party, One Nation, and will run for a NSW Senate seat in the upcoming federal election.
''Pauline Hanson is the brand of One Nation,'' Ms Hanson told Fairfax Media on Monday. ''I'm so proud to be back with them.''
The former federal member for Oxley co-founded One Nation in 1997, but left the party in 2002 saying she had been forced out.
Pauline Hanson has announced she'll run for a NSW Senate seat for the One Nation party. Photo: Simone De Peak
She said she has now been welcomed back with ''open arms'' and will run on a One Nation ticket with candidates who have yet to be decided.
''I think now's the time for me to go back and finish what I haven't finished,'' she said. ''I believe that I'm the redhead they can trust.''
Ms Hanson, who has previously run for a Queensland Senate seat and was rumoured to be thinking about Joel Fitzgibbon's lower house seat of Hunter in NSW, said she believed the NSW Senate was the right place for her to stand.
The Queenslander explained her partner was from NSW and she owned property in the state.
Ms Hanson also said she had realised it was extremely hard to stand for a lower house seat as the preferential voting system was ''weighted in favour of the major parties''.
She said the major parties would preference her last because ''I'm the last person that they want to see on the floor of Parliament''.
Ms Hanson, who is funding her own campaign, said she wanted to bring transparency and accountability back into government.
''The general public, including myself, we're fed up with the selfish, dysfunctional and egotistical political parties that have not been there for the people, they've only been there for their own survival.''
Ms Hanson conceded it would not be easy for her to win a NSW Senate spot.
''I admit that,'' she said. ''But I believe that people see me as a person who's honest and trustworthy.
She said that she had joined Facebook and wanted people to understand her positions on ''illegal boat people'', foreign ownership of farmland and housing affordability.
''[I] intend to work very hard to win this seat, I intend to win the trust of people who may have been dubious about wanting to vote for me,'' she said.
Ms Hanson was elected to the seat of Oxley as an independent in 1996 after she was disendorsed by the Liberal Party for controversial comments on government assistance for aborigines. She lost the seat in 1998, and since then has made several unsuccessful attempts at reelection at both state and federal levels.
Greens democracy spokesperson and Senator for NSW Lee Rhiannon said she hoped the decision by Ms Hanson to run would not lead to ugly debates over asylum seekers and multiculturalism in Australia.
“In a democracy everyone is welcome to stand for Parliament, but it would be disappointing if this led to another negative debate around Australia’s very successful multiculturalism policy.
"The One Nation brand has often been associated with ugly politicking which might grab some headlines but has no place in the upcoming election.
"People have a right to seek asylum in Australia and any election debate around immigration should acknowledge this.’’
On Monday, Ms Hanson dismissed the suggestion that she was only contesting elections for the money, saying she was one of the first people to come out against the federal government’s proposed boost to party funding last week.
‘‘I can assure you, if I’m in the Senate, I will be the first one to inform the Australian people if it’s going to be snuck through the Parliament,’’ she told reporters in Sydney.
A candidate or Senate group is eligible for election funding if they obtain at least 4 per cent of the first preference vote in the division or the state they contest.
In 2007, Pauline’s United Australia Party received $213,095 in electoral funding and in 2004 Ms Hanson individually received $199,886. Neither of these figures reflects what may have been spent during the course of the campaigns.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/hansons-senate-bid-im-the-redhead-voters-can-trust-20130603-2nl21.html
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
Join the InvestorsHub Community
Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
