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Australia’s race discrimination commissioner has hit out at anti-immigrant politician Pauline Hanson and pleaded for tolerance, as a new poll shows 49 per cent of the country would support her proposal to ban Muslim immigration Down Under.
Ms Hanson, who shot to fame for her attacks on Asian immigration as an MP in the 1990s, made a return to parliament in July, 20 years after she was first elected.
The firebrand politician who is leader of the One Nation party, has wasted no time placing herself back in the spotlight [and so the sarcastic media spin begins], using her first speech to the senate last week to warn that Australia was in danger of being “swamped” by Muslims.
The Essential poll asked whether Australians would support or oppose Ms Hanson’s proposal to ban Muslim immigration.
A staggering 49 per cent supported the idea–with the main reason being “they do not integrate into Australian society”–and 40 per cent opposed it. ...