If sexism remains one of the great unmentionables in Australian politics, class is even more so, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Pauline Hanson
Hanson: Media Watch ‘dangerous’, Press Council waits
Last night’s Media Watch program suggested John Hartigan’s campaign against proposed privacy legislation had been undermined by the publication of the nude “Pauline Hanson” photos, writes Margaret Simons.
Underbellly – what didn’t really happen…
It is the mid 1970’s…
Pauline Hanson: it was not me. I’m suing
“I’ve had enough. The truth is that is not me in those photos.” Pauline Hanson insists that the celebrated weekend nudes were not her, writes Jonathan Green.
Pauline Hanson and me: a fake story
Okay, time for a confession, writes Jonathan Green.
Media Monitors’ Top 20
Does all this attention for Pauline help the incumbent? Asks Patrick Baume.
How do you spell Beaudesert — “yeah that’s hard”!
Beaudesert can be forgiven for thinking “why us” as it faces not just the prospect of a resurrected Pauline show, but the late entry of another non-Mensa endorsed aspirant, writes Ross Stapleton.
Left and lefter: Keane v Sparrow on political racism
There’s a lazy snobbery reflected in the assertion that our major political parties are casually racist, writes Bernard Keane.
How we might lend an ear — again — to Pauline Hanson
There’s something of Mike Tyson in Pauline Hanson’s return: battered and past her prime, she’s drawn inevitably back to what she knows best, writes Jeff Sparrow.
QLD seat of Beaudesert: Pauline or the yoof?
The LNP has handed what should be a reasonably safe seat to a local youth whose main claim to fame is invading the stage of the 2005 final episode of Big Brother to publicise his band, writes Bernard Keane.
Press gallery missing in action on Senate preferences
After the press gallery completely missed the Senate story last time, you’d think the papers would be all over the group voting tickets, which are one of the few concrete events of the campaign, writes Stephen Mayne.
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Voting for Pauline … Flint’s “forgotten people” … dirt in politics … government ads … clean energy targets … Operation Wickenby … Akerman … Oz blogs …
Don’t count Pauline out yet
The successful registration of Pauline Hanson’s new political party increases the chance of Ms Hanson winning the last Senate seat in Queensland and thus having a major say in what governing the next government can actually do.
Political bite-sized meaty chunks
Finally, Rudd appears on 4BC! … Poor polls for Pauline – but she should still make a quid … Peter Costello and the ties that bind? …
Pauline Hanson and the new $2 Jews
Malcolm Fraser claimed late last year that the next federal election would be about Muslims. And if Pauline Hanson has her way, the Queensland Senate ballot will certainly place Muslims in the box seat. Not bad for a group who make up around 0.175% of the Sunshine State’s population.
Media briefs and TV ratings
There won’t be any twist in the C7 case …
Hanson: dancing with Lazarus
Can Pauline Hanson defy all the odds and return to Canberra? The Redhead has lodged the required documents with the AEC for her party - Pauline’s United Australia Party and the process is advertised in today’s newspapers.
Pauline Hanson: the Kylie Mole of xenophobia
Ok the gig is up. It’s time for the comedian playing Pauline Hanson to step forward from behind the mask and accept the plaudits she (he?) deserves.
Pasquarelli: Hanson was more persecuted than Haneef
As the tsunami of chest-beating, self-indulgent and mad ego driven comment regarding non-citizen Dr Haneef starts to recede, the rest of us mere mortals can get on with our lives.
Howard’s Aboriginal intervention ‘a long time coming’
It’s been a long time coming, but John Howard finally stepped up on the Aboriginal crisis. It’s a national scandal and disgrace, but let’s face it, the whole sorry mess has been politicised from day one, writes John Pasquarelli.
