Australia went and got them their own Sarah Palin. Always have to copy us don't you Aussies?

Courtesy of Raw Story:

 Banister, who is currently facing criminal charges for engaging in anti-Muslim hate-based acts of vandalism, is running to represent her native Queensland in the Australian Parliament. She is representing the far-right One Nation party and hopes to make Australia an overtly hostile environment to Muslims. 

The 27-year-old mother of two told Australia’s Channel Seven, “I don’t oppose Islam as a country, but I do feel that their laws should not be welcome here in Australia.” 

She also said that she would outlaw the Quran.

My favorite part of this story is that virtually EVERYBODY who covered it immediately compared this lunatic to Sarah Palin. This was also included in Raw Story's coverage:  

The woman who some are calling “Australia’s Sarah Palin” went on to say that she supports “the Jews” because “they follow Jesus Christ” (they don’t) and that while she would outlaw halal food — which she repeatedly referred to as “haram food” — she would allow kosher food to remain in stores because it doesn’t carry a tax like “haram food.” (It does.)

This is how HuffPo introduced the story:  

Could this be Australia's Sarah Palin?

And the Daily Mail posted this picture.

 With this caption:

Some have compared Ms Banister to former U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Remember way back when we predicted that someday Sarah Palin would be a national laughingstock who would be used as the barometer for judging the stupidity or insanity of a given politician?

Yeah? Well "someday" has arrived.

Even ALL the way over in Australia.