The Sanewashing of Hanson Is at Its Peak. This is how Trump came to power: platform the lies, skip the follow-up, let the headlines call it “proving her critics wrong.” We are all watching it happen in real time. At the National Press Club, Pauline Hanson said the following. Not one claim was challenged by the so called journalists in attendance and she continues to be unchallenged on the facts in every interview she sits. -1. Unlike the Prime Minister, I welcome scrutiny.” Hypocritical. In the same speech she announced she refuses ABC interviews, will scrap the SBS, & will make the ABC subscription-only. The event allowed 2 hours; standard format gives 25–30 mins for the address. She spoke for 50-halving the time left for questions. When Guardian journalist Sarah Martin used that remaining time to ask about her daughter's $150,000 taxpayer-funded advisor role, Hanson called her “a trashy journalist” and banned her from all future press conferences. • “Babies are aborted the day before birth.” Fabricated. Late-term abortion is highly restricted, requires medical approval, and occurs only in genuine medical emergencies. • “Interest rates are heading towards 10%.” False. RBA cash rate: 4.35%. Forecast to fall, not rise. • “There’s no gender pay gap — just women taking time off.” False. WGEA confirms the gap exists at equal hours, equal roles, regardless of career breaks. • “$30B a year on Indigenous programs.” False. Only 18% (~$5.6B) is Indigenous-specific. The rest is the Indigenous share of mainstream services every Australian uses. • Transgender people were compared to “militant Islam.” False and dangerous. ABS data: transgender and gender-diverse Australians make up 1% of the pop’n. There’s no body of research showing transgender ppl commit crime at elevated rates-in fact it shows transgender people are dramatically more likely to be victims of violence— assault, sexual violence, and homicide rates against trans people are well above general population rates in most studies (US, UK, and Aust data all show this pattern) • “23% of Australians can’t speak English.” False. That 23% speak another language at home — most are bilingual. Limited English proficiency: just 3.2%. • “The CEFC has had $200 billion.” False by a factor of six. Actual legislated capacity: $33 billion. • “I care about the homeless and hungry.” Hypocritical. In the same speech, she backed cuts to Indigenous-specific funding — despite Aboriginal homelessness running up to 10 times higher than the non-Indigenous rate. • $90 billion in cuts, no plan. ~$35 billion of it remains unaccounted for. No modelling. • “I support worker rights.” False. Voted against minimum wage increases, penalty rates, criminalising wage theft, casual conversion rights, same job same pay, and the right to disconnect. Took a $100,000 pay rise while voting against a tax break for low-paid workers • Called Australian workers “lazy.” She has attended just 12% of Senate estimates since 2016 & 53% of parliamentary votes. Paid over $200k a year • Labor have let immigration get out of control.” False. Net overseas migration has fallen every year since the post-COVID peak in 2022-23 — 538,000 → 446,000 → 306,000 in 2024-25. She also recycled a 26-year-old ABS pop’n projection as a fresh “next 50 years” forecast Said: This beautiful country belongs to all Australians born here and those who have joined us”- in her opening line; then spent the next 50 minutes demanding a monocultural society, comparing transgender Australians to militant Islam, inflating migration and language figures, denying the gender pay gap, and repeating the debunked $30 billion Indigenous funding myth. Welcomed everyone in the first sentence. Spent the rest of the speech defining most of them out — and offered no plan to fix anything she raised, only $90 billion in cuts. Not one follow-up question. No source data on a single figure in the entire speech. This is what unchallenged looks like. /2 sources

Still waiting for female leaders Jess Wilson and Pauline Hanson to say calling a woman a witch is not okay… ⏰ #jesswilson #paulinehanson

Today’s @LiberalVictoria under Jess Wilson is now run by fake CHAT GPT questions. No wonder One Nation are destroying them. #liberals

#jesswilson what have you got to hide? And why are your people in the Parliament using ChatGPT to come up with fake questions to ask? Have some respect for the Parliament of Victoria. #liberals

. The liberals are filibustering in the Parliament right into the night trying to avoid transparency in donations. They are trying to hide their big donations. They don’t want transparent donation laws. #liberals

.whatever you’re doing Carlton, keep doing it!!!!!! #blues

The most liveable city in the world. And the first-home buyer capital of Australia. It's no wonder more Queenslanders want to call Victoria home.

Touchdown for Victoria this September. Melbourne: the only place in the world to host a grand slam, a grand prix - and now an NFL regular season game.

What a city. I am grateful to call Melbourne home. #melbourne #timeout

NEW: We've just secured more funding for our public hospitals from the Albanese Labor Government.

2025 in Melbourne Sport - AusOpen Tennis - Record 1.2m attendance - AusGP - Record 455k attendance - Boxing Day Test Day 1 - Record 94k - Wallabies Test record crowd 90k - Best Melb Cup Carnival since 2018 (286k) plus, AFL (4.4m), NRL (0.34m), Aleague, Supernetball and BBL etc etc

Outdoor recreation has never been better in Victoria. Thank you @JacintaAllanMP and @LGrigorovitchmp 🎣

A tireless advocate, conservationist, researcher and cater for the environment and the world around us. Vale Jane Goodall - thank you for everything you have taught us.

A pleasure to represent @Steve_Dimo at the @fimminigp event in Fishermans Bend. There’s a lot of young talent and they showed incredible skill on the track. Commendations to the racers, and thx also to the volunteers, parents & @MotorAus #springst

RT @JacintaAllanMP: Every Victorian deserves to live in peace and dignity, but the acts we saw last night at the East Melbourne Synagogue –…

Two leaders walked in like kings. One billionaire tried to buy the throne. Voters said: Nah #Election2025

The Sith Lord Vader himself has come to visit @JacintaAllanMP and @Steve_Dimo #auspol #springst @melbournemuseum #springst @SkyNewsAust

Félicitations à l'équipe de France. Vous êtes toujours les bienvenus à Melbourne!

.This is the Australia I love 💪🙏 #australia #AnzacDay2025 #respect

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