Pauline Hanson has been heard appearing to refer to a woman as a ‘nasty b****’ 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 the incident occurred.
As the politicians left the room after addressing reporters, Hanson’s media advisor Richard Henderson could be seen telling the journalist to be quiet as he held a hand up to her.
‘No, we’re done. Thank you. No, no, no. Shut up,’ he said, to which the female reporter responded: ‘Did you just say shut up?’
Hanson and Joyce continued to be filmed by 7News as they walked through the adjoining corridor, with advisor speaking to the party leader.
‘Frick, you should have told me. I would have told her myself,’ Hanson said, referring to an unnamed woman.
Joyce then cut in to tell Hanson that she ‘did very well’.
But Hanson turned to her media advisor and said: ‘I would have told her you’re the nasty b****’. The group, including Joyce, laughed loudly in response.
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
Hanson then could be 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.
In the last fortnight, staffers for the One Nation leader have also ejected media from press conferences.
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.
‘Bye bye to the ABC,’ he said.
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
The senator questioned her employee’s actions, disagreeing with him, but Mr Ashby said ‘they’re reporting back to ABC Canberra’, the broadcaster reports.
Senator Hanson had used her appearance in Adelaide this week to unveil her plan to scrap the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) and levy a new royalty on all natural gas production.
‘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.’
