Thread: 49% of all Australians AGREE with Pauline Hanson's call to ban all Muslim immigration

Half of all Australians AGREE with Pauline Hanson's call to ban all Muslim immigration

49 per cent of Australians support a ban on Muslim immigration

Essential Research did the poll on 1,000 people twice with same results

The greatest reason was fears Muslims 'do not integrate into Australia'

Supporters include 34% of Greens, 60% of LNP and 40% of Labor voters

By RACHEL EDDIE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 02:08 GMT, 21 September 2016 | UPDATED: 05:01 GMT, 21 September 2016

Almost half of all Australians support One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's policy of ban Muslim immigration over fears Islamic people 'do not integrate into Australian culture'.

Polling conducted by Essential Research found 49 per cent of Australians surveyed supported a ban on Muslim immigration to Australia, with 40 per cent opposed to the idea.

The results surprisingly revealed more than one third of Greens voters (34 per cent) support the proposed ban, while 60 per cent of Liberal voters and 40 per cent of Labor voters agreed.

A perceived terrorist threat was the second greatest reason given (27 per cent) by those who support the ban, behind fears Muslim people 'do not integrate into Australian society' (41 per cent).

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About half of Australians support Pauline Hanson's policy to ban Muslim immigration
(Ms Hanson pictured making her maiden speech last Tuesday)


Polling conducted by Essential Research found 49 per cent of Australians surveyed supported
a ban on Muslim immigration to Australia, with 40 per cent opposed to the idea

22 per cent of those who supported a ban said Muslim people 'do not share our values', while just four per cent said Australia is a Christian country.

The poll of 1,000 people across Australia was conducted twice because of the 'surprising' results.

Peter Lewis, Executive Director of the research company, said he had concerns the results showed it was a 'rogue poll' because he did not believe the poll would be so decisive.

'We thought it would be more than the actual Hanson vote, but the actual level of support surprised me,' Mr Lewis said in a statement.

'I was worried it was what we call a 'rogue poll' - although the weekly 2PP [two party preferred] looked fine.

'So we repeated [the poll] and got the exact same result,' Mr Lewis said.

A perceived terrorist threat was the second greatest reason given (27 per cent) by those who
support the ban, behind fears Muslim people 'do not integrate into Australian society' (41 per cent)



The results come just a week after Ms Hanson told the Senate: 'Australia is in danger of being
swamped by Muslims' (she is pictured making her speech

The results come just a week after One Nation's Pauline Hanson told the Senate in her maiden speech: 'Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims.'

'If you are not prepared to obey our laws, respect our culture and our way of life, then I suggest you go back where you came from,' she said.

'If it will be any help, I will take you to the airport and wave you goodbye with sincere best wishes.'

She said the 'culture and ideology' of Islam is 'incompatible to our own'.

Greens senators staged a walk-out mid-way through Ms Hanson's speech.

The poll has been hotly debated on social media.

The poll has been hotly debated on social media. Political commentator Osman Faruqi said
Muslim people had been demonised in the media for the past 15 years without the space to respond


Mr Faruqi said the 'racist' results should not come as a surprise

Political commentator Osman Faruqi said Muslim people had been demonised in the media for the past 15 years without the space to respond, and the 'racist' results should not come as a surprise.

Labor's Tim Watts said on Twitter there was a 'need for political leadership to challenge and unpack this simplistic, political snake oil'.

He pointed out Australia's regional ally Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population.

'Imagine if Hanson's xenophobia caused us to cut ourselves off from China in the 90s? Now she wants to make the same mistake with Indonesia?' he said on Wednesday morning.

Labor's Tim Watts said on Twitter there was a 'need for political leadership to challenge and unpack
this simplistic, political snake oil'


Mr Watts pointed out Australia's regional ally Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population


'Imagine if Hanson's xenophobia caused us to cut ourselves off from China in the 90s?
Now she wants to make the same mistake with Indonesia?' he said on Wednesday morning

The news comes as race discrimination commissioner Tim Soutphommasane criticised Ms Hanson for stoking the flames of racial hatred as an 'initiation rite' for new waves of migrants.

He is due to speak at Australian National University on Wednesday.

'Some would say that just as the Irish, Italians, Greeks and Asians copped ugliness, so too will Muslims. That immigrants must show grit and forbearance, become part of the mainstream, and then be free to have a go at the next lot who arrive,' Mr Soutphommasane's speech notes say, according to Guardian Australia.

'While we may never eradicate racism and bigotry, it isn't good enough to say its targets must grin and bear it, or that there's nothing we can do. Doing so amounts to normalising racism, to suggesting that it should be tolerated.'

Half of all Australians AGREE with Pauline Hanson's call to ban all Muslim immigration

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There's turmoil in the world. Native national populations are fed up by natural instinct with massive immigration that impacts their lives. This is human nature, the natural order. Not one nation in history, not even the US, has been "welcoming" beyond certain points and above certain numbers. The Indians of the America didn't want the Spanish or the Europeans. It's no different.

Governments of nations need to pause and halt the outrageous overload of their own countries that threatens so many aspects of the lives of their own citizens.

The message needs to be clear. We'll be friends from afar. We'll do business, tourism and conduct trade. We'll ally on defense and certain problems that affect all of us through diplomacy and international relations. But people need to stay put in their own countries.

she is some kind of Marine Le Pen in France and some kind of Donald Trump in US

I will vote Le Pen in March 2017 no matter the lies they will say from now

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