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‘Rubbish’: Advocates call for Pauline Hanson to apologise for new rant
Senator Pauline Hanson has been asked to apologise to intersex people for calling the issues affecting their community “rubbish”. Yesterday, Greens Senators Rachel Siewert, Janet Rice and Labor senator Louise Pratt moved a motion recognising Intersex Day of Solidarity this month. The motion called on parliamentarians to commit to learning about intersex people and “consider …
Discarded cigarette caused Pauline Hanson truck fire, not ‘the left’
Pauline Hanson from One Nation claimed earlier this week that a left-wing activist torched a vehicle plastered with her face. The activist who attacked the One Nation billboard truck then apparently fled into the night. However Tasmanian Fire Service investigators say a discarded cigarette probably caused the conflagration. Police said there is no evidence of …
One Nation candidate: ‘Only thing worse than gay person with power is a woman’
Pauline Hanson has appeared to stand by a One Nation candidate who was filmed declaring that “the only thing worse” than a gay man with power is a woman with power. Stuart Bonds, a coal mine mechanic, is the party’s candidate for the New South Wales seat of Hunter in the upcoming federal election on …
Immigration Minister ‘set to grant Milo Yiannopoulos a visa for Australian tour’
Right-wing troll Milo Yiannopolous may be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour after all, with the Immigration Minister reportedly intervening in his case to grant him a visa. The Department of Home Affairs said last week it was considering refusing Yiannopoulos the visa to enter Australia on “character grounds,” prompting conservative outcry. The …
Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos ‘banned from entering Australia’
The federal government has rejected alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos’ application for a visa to enter Australia, angering One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Yiannopoulos had his visa application rejected on character grounds, Nine newspapers reported on Wednesday, and he has a month to appeal the decision. His 2017 tour of Australia saw violent clashes between left- …
One Nation’s Mark Latham Wants To Make Legal Recognition Harder For Transgender People
New South Wales One Nation leader Mark Latham has said that if elected at the upcoming New South Wales state election he will introduce legislation to make it harder for transgender people to affirm their gender. Latham said in a policy announcement this week that legislation banning “transgender self-identification” was needed because people were changing …
My night on the town with Pauline Hanson in 1998
Twenty years ago, I sort of had a night on the town with Pauline Hanson, writes Destiny Rogers. The One Nation leader was in Cairns campaigning for the 1998 federal election. She was already famous for her attacks on Indigenous Australians, Asian immigrants and the LGBTIQ community. She said of Sydney’s Mardi Gras, “I don’t …
Former Labor Leader Mark Latham Joins Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party
Former Labor leader Mark Latham has joined Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party as its New South Wales state leader and will seek to get elected to the state’s upper house in the upcoming state election. Speaking to Sydney radio station 2GB Latham, alongsider party leader Pauline Hanson, Latham said he joined One Nation so he …
One Nation Under Fire For ‘Atrocious’ Lie About Safe Schools
Queensland One Nation leader Steve Dickson has defended false claims he made that primary school children are taught how to masturbate and use sex toys as part of the Safe Schools program. On Saturday, Mr Dickson pledged to “abolish the program” if his party gets elected, adding: “We are having little kids in grade four …
Defence Force Stands Up For Transgender Troops After Criticism
The Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force has stood up for the country’s transgender troops amid a “hysterical” debate over their gender reassignment surgery. Politicians including Pauline Hanson, Cory Bernardi and Liberal MP Andrew Hastie seized on a report by News Corp last week that more than $1 million had been spent on 17 …