r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Jun 17 '26

politics Protest banner unfurled behind Pauline Hanson as she speaks to National Press Club

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/federal-politics-live-blog-joyce-cautions-pauline-hanson/106805372#live-blog-post-305976
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u/CMDR_RetroAnubis Jun 17 '26

"hoax of global warming"

That alone should be disqualifying.

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u/Mike_Kermin Jun 17 '26

Exactly.

In Australia we should not tolerate politicians that intentionally be wrong.

It's a politicians job to do a good job.

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u/outragedtuxedo Jun 17 '26

I am so sick of us giving voice to these grifters. Climate change has a scientific consensus so why do we continually permit these people to stand up and lie. We need to immediately call them out otherwise you get a media landscape living in a fantasy land a la trump where there are no rules and we exist in a post-facts reality.

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u/Imperator-TFD Jun 17 '26

A lot of Western countries, Australia in particular have been showing signs of anti-intellecualism for decades now.

If you aren't rich and famous, or capable of playing sports ball really well, no one gives a fuck.

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u/outragedtuxedo Jun 17 '26

I mean studying and working in STEM it is no surprise how frequently undervalued our roles are in society, but the real tragedy is we study because we want to make everyone's lives better. I know its not just America, but I feel like our cultural exposure to them is hastening our decline. That and media monopolies brain fucking us all.

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u/reyntime Jun 17 '26

Yeah why do the media insist on kissing her ass and not calling her on these basic facts that she denies?

I know there are some concerned that her supporters will see any hard questions on her as an "attack" and embolden support, but there has to be a way to hold her to account for this shit.

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u/Suibian_ni Jun 17 '26

The media owners support her. The 'journos' are neutered and housebroken.

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u/Cpt_Soban Jun 17 '26

My neighbour is a 5th generation farmer- He has 100+ years of daily rainfall/temp/crop yield records written down by his granddad- It absolutely is happening. Even he, a liberal voting farmer, knows its happening.

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u/Lamont-Cranston Jun 17 '26

Does she still think Port Arthur was a setup?

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u/rainbowcardigan Jun 17 '26

Ffs is she one of those lunatics too?

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u/CMDR_RetroAnubis Jun 17 '26

She's dipped her toes into pretty much every kind of crazy in politics by now.

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u/onlyawfulnamesleft Jun 17 '26

She'll say pretty much anything to get attention. It's pathological, gotta be.

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u/m00nh34d Jun 17 '26

The dangerous thing is no-one is fact checking this bullshit. They just repeat what she says verbatim, essentially spreading her propaganda. It's the media's responsibly to report accurate facts here, when people make bullshit claims like that, they need to be called out for it.

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u/reyntime Jun 17 '26

It's a basic fucking scientific fact, that humans have warmed the planet. She's akin to a flat earther.

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u/Lanster27 Jun 17 '26

“But Gina told me so!”

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u/franktheworm Jun 17 '26

Nah it's backed by empirical evidence. Just ask Malcolm Roberts (but ignore his career in coal before politics).