Jacqui Lambie’s New Party Will Be The Front Line Against Sharia Law In Australia

As much as I wish this was all an elaborate April Fool’s prank, sadly it just seemed fairly inevitable.

Literal walking West Coast Cooler, Jacqui Lambie has formed her own political party – the Jacqui Lambie Network. The once former Palmer United Party senator, now forever rid of the colour yellow, is not content to sit idly by as an independent senator for Tasmania when the opportunity to say her name twice exists.
And in forming this new political party, a manifesto of core values has been produced, and it is a doozy. The 12 point plan outlines the goals and aims of the party, primarily aimed towards Islam, the Australian Defence Forces, and apparently representing the common concerns of ALL Tasmanians.
The party, she claims, will give “battlers” a chance to run for Parliament – bless her charitable heart.
Furthermore, she’ll use the new platform to lobby for an increased defence force. “I tell you what a security implication is: when you have a defence force that only fills half the MCG, that’s a security issue to me,” Lambie stated, without mentioning the MCG’s capacity of 100,000 people, and the the Defence Force’s current personnel numbers of 59,000 people and 19,000 civilian positions. Adding increased focus to percentages in the national maths curriculum was not one of the twelve points on the manifesto, oddly enough.
As for foreign aid? Well, that’s clearly money far better spent on home soil, says Lambie. But her desire to further cut that avenue of funding was not without compromise, suggesting instead that Australian-made products be sent overseas. “We’re doing very well with the foreign aid budget in the way we’re directing it and the way that we’re running it. Sending over money to other countries I just do not believe is the answer. We have some great products here… we should be sending some Australian made products to these foreign aid countries instead of just handing out cash.
But the real kicker in all of this is the idea that Lambie believes, in her heart of hearts, that people everywhere – and particularly in Tasmania – are scared shitless about the prospect of Sharia Law being implemented in Australia.

I would hope that there’d be never any prospect of sharia law being introduced in this country whatsoever, so we’re just getting out on the front foot. [Tasmanians] do have a concern and many other Australians have a concern and that’s why I’ve stipulated that.

I just want to make sure it’s quite loud and clear when it comes to Sharia law; there is no room in this country for Sharia law.

Meanwhile, Labor MP Ed Husic pondered what else Lambie’s new party could protect Australia from, “Comet strikings, the possibility of serious Elvis sightings?

And Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claimed Lambie was merely setting up a straw-man that has no actual purpose, and was using the beat up over Islam as a means of drawing media attention to herself.

“It’s a bit of a populist position she’s taken there, designed to attract attention. No-one’s talking about seriously introducing Sharia law into this country.”


But in any event, this is a real thing that actually exists now in our freely elected Parliament. ~JOY~.


That said, the thing I’m most annoyed at is the missed opportunity to use the name the Jacqui Had A Little Lambie Party.
It’s just… the world doesn’t offer you gold on a platter like that too often, y’know?
Photo: Stefan Postles via Getty Images.

via SMH and SBS News.

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