Is Queensland the home of Australia's Deplorables?

[Polishprince]

Earlier this week, the tremendous Mark Steyn sitting in for Rush Limbaugh on the EIB took a call from a woman in Queensland, Australia.

And that was his observation.

Sort of crazy as Queensland is in Australia's North East, while America's North East is radical Leftards.

Is this accurate? Mr. Steyn is an undocumented broadcast specialist,but he comes from Canada.

What is Australia’s most conservative state?

Answer (1 of 15): I’m going to shock my fellow Australians by saying New South Wales. I see most had nominated Queensland, which was true thirty years ago, but things have changed since then. In addition, rural areas are seen as particularly conservative, which I would say is partly true. Part o...

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[LuckyDuck]

Well, being down under, everything's reversed.

 

[ThirdTerm]

Queensland is well known as a heartland of the infamous One Nation party. Probably Mark Steyn interviewed Pauline Hanson whose 'all lives matter' motion was defeated in the Senate. Trump is a decent guy compared to this woman.

An attempt by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to move a provocative “all lives matter” motion has been overwhelmingly blocked by federal senators.

The government used its numbers to squash debate on the motion that asked the Senate to "note that all lives matter".

Coalition politicians joined with Labor, the Greens and crossbenchers to vote 51-2 against Senator Hanson’s attempts to pursue the matter.


Senator Hanson and her One Nation colleague Malcom Roberts were the only two in favour of extending debate on the motion.

“All lives matter” is a slogan that has become associated with far-right activists and critics of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Senator Hanson moved the motion after tens of thousands of Australians defied public health orders to march in Black Lives Matter rallies across Australia last weekend. More are planned for this weekend.

Pauline Hanson's 'all lives matter' motion overwhelmingly defeated in the Senate

Pauline Hanson labelled George Floyd a "criminal and a thug" during her speech on her "all lives matter" motion.

www.sbs.com.au