Fraser Anning and the use of the words 'final solution'

A Queensland senator has used his maiden speech to parliament to call for a radical re-think of the nation's immigration system.

Katter's Australian Party Senator Fraser Anning makes his maiden speech in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, August 14, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Katters Australian Party Senator Fraser Anning makes his first speech in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP

Fraser Anning wants Muslims to be excluded from Australia's migrant intake, and welfare payments banned for all migrants within the first five years of their living here.

Addressing parliament for the first time, Fraser Anning hasn't held back, with migrants and Muslims firmly in his sights.

The Queensland crossbench senator has called for a migration program that favours so-called "European Christian" values, and for Muslims to no longer be allowed to migrate to Australia.

There has been widespread condemnation of Queensland senator Fraser Anning over his maiden speech in the Senate.

But among the most pointed criticism is his use of the words "final solution" in talking about immigration.



In the speech before the Senate on Tuesday night, the Katter's Australia Party senator from Queensland said, "The final solution to the immigration problem is, of course, a popular vote."

The phrase "final solution" is tangled in history, usually associated with Nazi Germany and the genocide of Jews during the Second World War.

Around 1942, the Nazi leadership established a plan called "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question," which led to the deaths of about 6 million Jewish people in occupied parts of Europe.

 

 


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Published 16 August 2018 5:04pm
Updated 16 August 2018 6:25pm
By Sunita Pokharel
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