Malcolm Roberts

One Nation compares Qld to Saudi Arabia

Queensland has been likened to Saudi Arabia, with One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts claiming Christians are being persecuted by the government for street preaching.

The senator launched an extraordinary attack on the state Labor government in the Senate on Monday after proposing a debate on the prosecution of Christians in southeast Queensland, claiming the government was pressuring police to persecute Christian street preachers.

He claims street preachers from the organisation Operation 513 are prosecuted for intimidating police by using the word “reverend” and facing fines worth tens of thousands of dollars for having peaceful conversations with members of the public.

“This is a direct and astonishing assault on Christianity. Our world has gone mad,” Senator Roberts told parliament.

“Has the Queensland premier prosecuted anyone for the use of the word `imam’? Perhaps `rabbi’ offends the extreme left who are now running Queensland.

“The left, peppered with hateful anti-Semites, will soon use this success in Queensland to turn on the Jewish community – I have no doubt.”

Read the full article by Belinda Merhab at The West Australian.