Jacinta Allan has dismissed leadership speculation and says she will continue to call out “sexist, misogynist, hateful” commentary directed at her, despite the One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s advice to “suck it up, sweetheart”.
On Sunday, the Victorian premier criticised a truck-mounted billboard, which has been travelling around Melbourne for several weeks, featuring AI-generated images of her wearing a black pointed hat alongside the phrase “ditch the witch”.
Julia Gillard – who was subjected to the phrase during her tenure as prime minister, Anthony Albanese and the Victoria opposition leader, Jess Wilson, also condemned the billboard.
But Hanson told Sky News on Monday morning she had been called a witch “long before” Allan.
Later that evening, she doubled down on her criticism of the premier, saying it was “no wonder they called her a witch”, given growing crime and debt and allegations of corruption in the construction union in Victoria.
Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email“Probably stronger words might be used for her, but they feel the sooner she’s gone, the better,” Hanson told Sky News. “Jacinta – if the shoe fits, then wear it.”
Speaking at a press conference in Melbourne on Tuesday, Allan said: “Pauline Hanson chooses to barrack for the bullies. I choose to fight them.”
Allan said the billboards deliberately chose “language and visual imagery that speaks to centuries old sexism against women” and she was grateful to see Gillard and others calling it out.
“It made my heart sing to see Julia’s response, and also to see the response from so many other women and men in our community, because we’ve got to draw the line,” Allan said.
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