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Sunday 10th August 1997
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There are reports that Pauline Hanson will join forces with the pro-gun lobby to tackle the Federal Government over its gun control laws.
Principal adviser David Oldfield yesterday said that Pauline Hanson believed that the government's anti-semi-automatic gun legislation had been a knee-jerk reaction to the Port Arthur massacre.
Oldfield said, "We will launch a full firearms policy in October but we will have another couple of meetings to make sure we've got something which is going to be generally acceptable and give the shooters what they feel they need.
"Pauline doesn't believe what John Howard proposed addresses any of the issues and is of any use to anybody.
"She believes it is a law which makes many decent Australians criminals overnight.
"She is against the banning of semi-automatics and believes that a person should be able to defend themselves and their family in their own home.
"We believe shooters are not being treated fairly by the Government. They have not been consulted, they have had changes forced on them which have put them in the position where they feel like criminals."
In an interview in the latest edition of Overseas Trading magazine, Ms Hanson said she was confident the people of Asia "will respect me for standing up and saying what I think".
"I don't want to be part of Asia, but I do not have a problem about going to Asian countries to talk with people - or in doing business with them."
Making the news.
The current status of state taxation laws has created chaos with the Queensland government now under pressure to return Au$140 million in taxes collected to the hotel industry. If it doesn't liquor prices are expected to start to rise next week.
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