Pauline Hanson has been caught on camera calling a woman a ‘nasty b***h’ just moments after her male media advisor told a female reporter to ‘shut up’.
The One Nation leader and MP Barnaby Joyce were leaving a press conference on Thursday in Adelaide when tensions with the media pack exploded.
As the politicians left the room, Hanson’s media advisor Richard Henderson could be seen trying to silence a journalist by holding up his hand.
‘No, we’re done. Thank you. No, no, no. Shut up,’ he told the woman, to which the journalist responded: ‘Did you just say shut up?’
‘Yes, I did tell you to shut up,’ Henderson shot back.
‘That’s not very polite,’ the journalist replied.
Hanson and Joyce were filmed by 7News as they walked away from the conference.
‘Frick, you should have told me. I would have told her myself,’ Hanson said, referring to an unnamed woman in the crowd. ‘I would have told her, ‘you’re the nasty b***h”.
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce and party leader Pauline Hanson (both pictured) were leaving a press conference on Thursday in Adelaide when the incident occurred
The group, including Joyce, laughed loudly in response.
Hanson was then heard quipping: ‘Do you want me to go back and I’ll tell her?’ and appeared to turn around as if to go back into the room.
She was then told to ‘leave it’ by her entourage as they continued to laugh.
When contacted by the Daily Mail for comment, Mr Henderson said: ‘Senator Hanson has already stated publicly she did not consider my conduct was appropriate.
‘I have been duly reprimanded. We have nothing else to add.’
He would not provide comment on Hanson’s language about the woman.
The latest incident comes after staffers for the One Nation leader ejected ABC journalists from a press conference.
The day before the Farrer by-election, Hanson’s chief-of-staff James Ashby was caught on camera removing ABC regional journalists from a campaign event.
Hanson’s media advisor Richard Henderson (pictured) could be seen telling a female journalist to be quiet as he held a hand up to her at the end of a press conference
‘Bye bye to the ABC,’ he said.
The senator questioned her employee’s actions, disagreeing with him, but Mr Ashby said ‘they’re reporting back to ABC Canberra’, the broadcaster reported at the time.
Senator Hanson unveiled her plan to scrap the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) and levy a new royalty on all natural gas production in Adelaide this week.
‘Despite our enormous resource wealth, ordinary families are not seeing the benefits in affordable energy, reduced debt and services,’ she told reporters.
Hanson argued governments had failed to secure a fair return from the sector and stressed the importance of involving the private sector in the industry.
‘Public unrest is building because successive governments have failed to secure a fair share, while pursuing policies that risk killing the industry that generates that wealth,’ she said.
‘Gas production is only possible with the expertise of private industry.
‘We want more gas, more oil, and more energy to drive our economy forward, pay down our debts and secure our energy future.’
Source: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15839367/Pauline-Hanson-swears-woman-Adelaide.html
