BRISBANE – One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has confirmed all 47,000 of her most vocal Facebook commenters are now welcome to board her newly-donated Cirrus G7 to assist US-led operations in the Strait of Hormuz – a bold show of allied support for War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s call for Australia to “step up”.
The four-seat single-engine aircraft gifted last week by mining magnate Gina Rinehart at a value of $2.1 million will reportedly ferry supporters two at a time from Brisbane to the Persian Gulf via approximately 31 refuelling stops.
“Look the boys have been telling me for years they’d happily go fight if the government just gave them the chance” said One Nation strategist Bevan Murphy. “Now they’ve got a chance. We’ve got a plane. Pauline’s got a pilot. The only thing standing between these patriots and glorious combat is a quick stop in Bali then Jakarta then Singapore then Colombo then Mumbai. Easy.”
Sources within the party confirm the first wave of volunteers has already withdrawn over concerns about the in-flight catering, the cabin pressure, the proximity to Indonesia and one bloke who realised he’d have to use his actual passport.
Murphy admitted the rollout had hit early turbulence.
“A lot of these fellas have been telling Muslims to leave the country for thirty years. You’d think they’d be excited to visit one. But somehow when the offer becomes literal it becomes ‘me knees aren’t great’ and ‘who’s gonna mow the lawn’.”
Hanson has assured supporters the Cirrus is fully equipped with leather seats, an Australian flag decal and absolutely no Welcome to Country acknowledgements at any landing site. Tehran included.
The Department of Defence has politely declined the offer.
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