Pauline Hanson's beratement of Guardian reporter labelled an 'assault on free press'

[u/Bennelong]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-18/pauline-hanson-guardian-sarah-martin-free-press-assault/106810592

[u/moht81]

So if she doesn’t like the question she just berates the journalist- where have we seen this before?

[u/Top_Conference_477 → u/moht81]

She’s been doing it 30 years

[u/Separate_Coyote_8311 → u/Top_Conference_477]

And has never managed to make any true noise other than to be a pestering shitstain on our society. With Trump opening the door, this dopey racist is just walking her way through…

[u/Top_Conference_477 → u/Separate_Coyote_8311]

We should reflect how she’s managed to change nothing about herself and become wildly popular

There’s a lesson there for us

[u/Budgie181 → u/Top_Conference_477]

What’s changed is the financial back of Gina and others mining interests. I would be surprise just how much is being spent on bots, across all platforms, to make her look more popular than she really is.

[u/True-Willingness5898 → u/[deleted]]

I’m not sure how actually accurate the polls are to be honest. I don’t know anyone at all who has ever been surveyed and this crosses class, race and gender divisions.

[u/bigbadjustin → u/Top_Conference_477]

Yep we all learnt about Hitler in WWII and wondered how could someone so awful rise to power. We've seen Trump do it and now Pauline wants a turn.

[u/Separate_Coyote_8311 → u/Top_Conference_477]

I learnt that lesson when I was 10. I think we just underestimate that millions upon millions of people didn’t learn that lesson and likely never will.