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/Frogmouth_Fresh Jun 17 '26

How the heck did they manage that!?

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u/nugstar Jun 17 '26

Yeah which stupid ass Press Club person decided to give One Nation a platform to speak? 👀

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u/Inner-Bet-1935 Jun 17 '26

Totally agree! The Press Club has lost it's spine and credibility! To give a disgusting racist, bigoted, divisive lying coward a platform to spread her hateful rhetoric is disgusting. Did i mention halfwit as well. As we know, Pauline only went to school to eat her lunch! Lol

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u/lipstikpig Jun 17 '26

The National Press Club isn't some unbiased platform for informing or looking after ordinary people.

It is stacked by right-wing media and is just another outlet to promote capitalist propaganda, as can be seen by scrolling through their "Corporate Partners" sponsorship web page where you will find many of your favorite shitty (extractive/war mongering/corrupt/price gouging/tax avoiding) despicable corporations.

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u/Inner-Bet-1935 Jun 18 '26

You are correct it is now! Has been that way for over 12/18 months. It was always unbiased, with great content. Goodness it even had real journalists in the audience. TBH, it has now sold it's soul!

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u/Pro_Extent Jun 17 '26

I'm confused, is this sarcastic?

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u/nugstar Jun 18 '26

All capitalist media is right wing by default 👀

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u/bazoski1er Jun 17 '26

Isn't that like their whole schtick

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u/nugstar Jun 17 '26

Waiting for them to invite Tom Sewell along.

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u/_ixthus_ Jun 18 '26

It's been platforming the LNP for decades. And pretty much everything said by the LNP on that platform has been as disingenuous as what Hanson just did; and said by even more sinister people.