Pauline Hanson launches One Nation aeroplane
Pauline Hanson speak at an anti Islam rally in Brisbane in April. Photo: AAP
Pauline Hanson is taking her political campaign to the skies in a new, bespoke aeroplane.
The flying machine is emblazoned with a caricatured portrait of the One Nation party leader waving an Australian flag, as well as her new party slogan: “Fed Up”.
The Australian-made aircraft will take off from Caloundra Airport on Thursday morning.
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“I am thankful to now have a plane, as this will enable me to visit people around the state and interstate, including those in small remote communities,” Ms Hanson said.
Pauline Hanson speak at an anti Islam rally in Brisbane in April. Photo: AAP
Ms Hanson said the plane’s first official journey would be to Rockhampton on Friday, ahead of a Reclaim Australia rally on Sunday.
The rallies are usually held to protest against “sharia law, halal tax and Islamisation”.
The One Nation party website features the line: “Immigration and Multiculturalism – have we ever been asked?”
Ms Hanson has failed to launch a successful political comeback, despite a number of attempts since she lost her federal seat of Oxley in 1998.
Most recently, she lost her bid for the Queensland seat of Lockyer in January’s state poll by fewer than 200 votes.
It was the 12th election she had contested in her controversial political career.
Since then, she has changed her party’s name back to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
It has a new motto to match: “Never give up, we won’t.”
– With AAP