Australians not only do not want China to own Virgin airlines but they do not want Beijing involved "own our assets, our housing our agriculture and our land", according to One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. As Virgin struggles to remain viable due to travel restrictions put in place due to COVID-19, three Chinese airlines are reportedly in talks to buy out the embattled airline.
Senator Hanson told Sky News domestic industries have "outsourced" key manufacturing industries to China, which is now Australia's largest trading partner. She said a Chinese airline buying Virgin "would be a nightmare." "I am not against free trade, I'm for fair trade," Ms Hanson said. "We have lost our independence in Australia to produce the products we need for our own survival.
Remember Hanson’s maiden speech? She didn’t want foreign companies building cars back then. Hanson is an ignorant fool. Australia has always relied on foreign capital, small population on a large continent.
Too many Coronfucius Institutes cause coronfusion. Coronfucius scholars and teachers stay long enough to get Australian permanent residency and Australian passport. Then money pour into Australian Corongress. Then Bingo, you get another premier called Kevin Redd. Good luck.
Buy Australian Bring Manufacturing home Australians need to understand this is in our hands, politicians will do what we want! START buying Australian made, STOP buying chinese made, STOP selling your houses to the Chinese & STOP selling your businesses to them IT STARTS WITH US
can't believe they still fly the soviet union flag. 25-50mil deaths under that regime yet nobody bats an eyelid. To me it's as bad as flying the swastika. China is an enemy to the world.
So that means the Australian politicians aren’t Australian!
It’s kind funny people keep saying Australia first, Australia value, can’t allow China to own everything, but at the same time they have no problem with US owning their TV network, having a far right character like Rupert Murdoch to own their media.
Agree.
alphacentauriii I see many leftists in Australia, care the name of Wuhan virus, political correctness more than the CCP supporter chinese immigration. Many Australian trust chinese think they are harmless.
PaulineHansonOz No more Chinese or Foreign ownership in Australia!!!
PaulineHansonOz Absolutely correct!!
She's the only politician who reads the public mood correctly. She is spot on ! The day we can purchase land in China, that's the day we should allow them to do so here. DontselllandtoChina
So you call this freedom ?
I stand with Pauline here we need our own national airline and no more Chinese ownership. It may surprise even those from the right that admire the labour hire model that a few of them including large engineering companies are Chinese / Foreign owned. The profits go offshore!
The sleeping dragon already own enough of our farming land, real estate...no laws for them, only cash investments. They own towers of unit blocks without one member of their family living there. How is this the law GladysB ?
And Australian's don't want to pay for an airline, bailout, loan or otherwise. Nor does Richard's Brandson when the shoes on the other foot it would seem.
100%
Correct
With you on this PaulineHansonOz
YOU TELL THEM PAULINE!!!
She's spot on!!! WeAreNotCommunistChina FascistChina
We the citizens tax payers and voters agree with Pauline Hanson 100% let that sink in Come next election we will only vote for a party that will pass law to make that so.
PaulineHansonOz Pauline, please specify by what ( and perhaps who) you referring to when you state: China
According to everybody
Exactly, but is it too late already.🤔😏🇦🇺🐰
I'm against Chinese ownership of anything Australian.I don't want them to have any influence on my life whatsoever.They've flooded the world with nothing but rubbish and exploited capitalism even though they're communists.The west lifted them out of poverty and are paying for it.
Absolutely stop all China interaction. One nation... go Pauline 💪💪💪
Keep pushing Pauline. Buy Australia back. Stop foreign ownership, minimize to 45% max! Maintain control.
And PaulineHansonOz is absolutely right. Now get on the right side of right because Australians will never embrace communism.
Australian government needs to get Australian Universities free from chinese influence and espionage.
Yes she is 100% right. Australia shud be owned by Australians not by CCP.
China and its regime of control, has no place in our society, or in any civilised country that values freedom of thought, speech or religion, rather than oppression control and cruelty. We want our country back. 🇦🇺
Ummm might want to do some research, they already own it......
She’s dead right. To hell with China!
Fukn oath she’s right ! No Australian wants China to own our land or housing or business
I'm never buying anything made in China again' including frozen vegetables that come in the back door via New Zealand . On ly buy birds eye. Everything frozen that states it's from NZ is actually made in China
Correct ! I am will to pay more for Australian made items vice having to rely on China for making even mundane items. What the world is going thru is a game changer. Stick it to Chinese reliability and forge ahead with homegrown items. It can be done !
Agree on this one. China started Corona Virus and China will come through very quickly picking up companies everywhere who are financially stricken as a result of the China virus. Australia will loose the very fabric in which it built this great country. KTBO
She's 100% correct. Of course, elite owned MSM will call it xenophobic, elite run ABC will call it racist & the loud social media minority will call it bigoted. But foreign ownership, immigration & work Visa's lower wages for the most vulnerable & enhances multinational profits.
Agree. Allowing any foreign nation to own vast amounts of realestate or infrastructure is stupid. We are not a developing country and do not need to rely on this kind of investment.
You guys probably those who live in the countryside, just go to sydney，To see all those new building and skyscrapers around the city. without Chinese buying power. All this will disappear.And nothing left.
They are complaining in India as well as They have disallowed hostile Chinese takeover of their assets in Corona crisis. They are looking to buy all International assets at cheap price to control all nations !! China is rich and powerful!!
PaulineHansonOz I don't want any Chinese company to waste money on virgin. Let it die, let the staff lose their jobs, let Quantas do whatever it wants to dominate the market. I also think Australia should stop exporting recouses to China. All trade with China should stop as you wish
Well said Pauline
PaulineHansonOz was abused heavily for her thoughts on china years ago, now the entire country and world thinks the same as her. She deserves an apology.
What’s wrong with China buy ur asset? China pay for the deal not steal!
We shouldn't want any foreign ownership of our housing, resources or any essential services. Those being emotionally immature over covid-19 or still afraid of a communist take over need to get a grip & stop acting antagonistic before we get ourselves into even tougher times..
Virgin is owned by the Virgin Group (20%), Air France-KLM (31%) and Delta Air Lines (49%). It’s not Australian.
Agree 100% with Pauline 👏👏
Australians are over newspapers owned by Americans as well... murdoch
30% of our trade is with China. It holds the economy up far more than Virgin - which by the way is already owned in part by the Chinese. We need the overseas investment
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Yes it's being said time after time to no avail!
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I AGREE. Gotta love Pauline Hanson says what she thinks and tells it how it is. Shame more people don't take notice.
Can someone please explain how the fu*k an airline started by a BRITISH BILLIONAIRE who still has an interest is 'our' asset? We should NOT be bailing Virgin out.
China seriously one day wants to purchase Australia.
PaulineHansonOz How is it that Virgin Australia, according to abcnews operates in $5B debt and has asked Aust govt for $1.4B bailout and now in voluntary administration. The govt has already doled out $$$! The board of directors should be held accountable for their appalling mismanagement!
China is now the pariah state.
She’s actually right this time.
And she is right too
Who cares PaulineHansonOz Chinese interests already own 60% They lost their money. Do you want Australians and to buy it, go into liquidation again and lose their money? Let foreigners buy it cheaply, provide the funds to run it, employ local people etc. Just need 2 airlines
Pauline Hanson is ridiculous, such a hypocrite, search her bins and find out how much Chinese product she uses.
Who gives a crapper as to who owns the flipping Virgin company , you can’t run an airline on fish and chips lady.
Agree, we don't want China here!
Communist China must be made to pay reparations to the world!! They lied & concealed this disaster!
Virgin is not our asset and has poor management no thanks !
PaulineHansonOz China already owns 20%
Can’t wait for China to save our jobs. The Australian public have shown they couldn’t care less about 16,000 Aussie jobs, at least China does.
Strongly support.
M_Alpino Agree, Australia if you want to remain a free country do not allow China to buy into you lands or assets.
1.2 million+ Australians have Chinese ancestry. They might not agree with Pauline.
PaulineHansonOz Don't trust China Don't need China We must look at a way to stop this investment
PaulineHansonOz The time has come to take back what oltimly belongs to the people of Australia this great nation and not to the blood sucking leaches of China sucking all the resources out of are beautiful country to meet the needs of there communities regimethay are like a cancer killing
PaulineHansonOz i dont think the prime minister government really cares what the people want... as they will most likely allow china to buy it
This is one topic that Hanson will take votes from The National Party if they don’t push back against Morrison and the liberals on foreign ownership.
If we’re over China, this country will fall into a depression and many exporters will be stuffed. But we should buy into Virgin.
China based entities already own a big chunk of VirginAustralia
Never EVER would I agree with anything that Hanson says, until now!!!!!!
Totally agree. Australian do not trust china and dont want any Australian business, house or land to be chinese owned
BoycottChina Australia1st
China is dead in the water Every nation (except N.Korea) wants to end its reliance on Chinese production
Let's hope this wuhan flu puts the anchors on globalisation.
And she’s spot on
So true , stay home China,don’t want your money your politics or belief.
Didn’t the LNP sign a free trade deal with China and Pauline Hanson did not oppose it 🤔auspol Covid_19australia
matthewhayden Of course they don't!! We need to get their business and land ownership out of the US too!! Who let that happen? ... oh wait, we know...
I've never cared for her views but I do feel that she speaks the minds of many. She is an Ausie-like Trump & calls it for what it is; & she has more insight to what's behind the scenes than what average me sees. No political correctness here. I'm with you on this, Australia 1st !
We are definitely over China!! They have cost the world billions, now they’re swooping in buying all our assets!! Keep them out of Australia!! auspol
PaulineHansonOz takes no prisoners.... Love it!👍 We need a few of you over here in the UK!
And we never did , our elected leaders either never asked our opinion or rudely chose to ignore our answer auspol
Same here. Britain for The British. IStandWithBoris