gape past the attention-seeking orations from Pauline Hanson and Derryn Hinch to find heartfelt words from modern MPs that will restore faith in politicsIf you want to regain faith in our elected representatives,read some first speeches.Not necessarily the attention-seeking ones that fabricate (to make up, invent) the news – such as Pauline Hanson’s fact-free musing on the latest minority group she thinks we should dismay the most, or Derryn Hinch’s use of parliamentary privilege to name convicted sex offenders. The other ones. The speeches that seek to reply what Liberal minister Christian Porter described in his own first speech three years ago as “the existential questions of politics: who is the member? Why are they here? What do they believe?” Related: Turnbull attacks George Christensen and Pauline Hanson's anti-Muslim rhetoric Related: If you want a response from the Muslim community, or first understand it | Mostafa Rachwani Related: Politicians and Muslim leaders condemn Hanson: 'She doesn't know what she's talking about' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com