Let voters decide on migration, says Pauline Hanson

Let voters decide on migration, says Pauline Hanson. By Joe Kelly.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is pushing for a plebiscite to be held in tandem with the next federal election to allow the Australian people to have their say on whether migration levels should be scaled back. …

A parliamentary portrait of Pauline Hanson early in her political career

Senator Hanson told The Australian the people had “never had a say in the level of migration coming into Australia” …

The campaign for a plebiscite comes after a Lowy Institute poll showed that 54 per cent of Australians believed the number of ­migrants coming into the country each year was too high, an increase of 14 points on last year and 17 points on 2014.

hat-tip Stephen Neil