{"id":509361,"date":"2026-02-28T08:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509361\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:56:14","slug":"pauline-hanson-is-dumped-as-keynote-speaker-for-womens-influencer-convention-after-mass-protests-and-mockery-as-host-issues-grovelling-backdown-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509361\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauline Hanson is DUMPED as keynote speaker for women’s influencer convention after mass protests and mockery – as host issues grovelling backdown letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson<\/a> has been dumped as keynote speaker at a women property influencers’ convention after her leading gig was mocked online and industry members quit in protest.<\/p>\n

The Real Estate Institute of NSW<\/a> has now issued a grovelling backdown letter to its members over the Women in Real Estate conference due to feature Hanson at Sydney<\/a>\u2019s Shangri-La Hotel in April.<\/p>\n

The $545 a head \u2018WIRE\u2019 event had promised a gathering of \u2018the forces influencing the future of real estate\u2019 with Hanson\u2019s lecture on housing and national policy \u2018a moment you\u2019ll want to be in the room for, so you won\u2019t want to miss it\u2019.<\/p>\n

The invitation to female real estate industry figures has the words ‘Introducing Senator Pauline Hanson’ above a photo of the beaming politician and the words ‘Connected. Empowered. Inspired’.<\/p>\n

The REINSW made the announcement Hanson would headline the annual event on February 23, exactly a week after her controversial statement that there are \u2018no good Muslims\u2019.<\/p>\n

Four days after that, on February 27, the Institute cancelled her. Its email to members admitted it had been snowed with complaints, saying \u2018a significant number \u2026 have told us they cannot separate Senator Hanson\u2019s story of resilience from her policies\u2019.<\/p>\n

This was in reference to the original WIRE promotional poster touting Hanson as \u2018an enduring presence in national politics\u2019 with \u2018sustained electoral relevance\u2019 and \u2018a central force\u2026 who has shaped conversation across the country\u2019.<\/p>\n

One member, REINSW Regional Advisory Committee official, Marc Minor, posted his resignation on Facebook \u2018effective immediately\u2019, and said his industry should be ‘inclusive, respectful and forward-looking’.<\/p>\n

\"Pauline <\/p>\n

Pauline Hanson has been dumped from the real estate convention promoted (above) as a chance for influential property figures to hear her thoughts on housing and national policy<\/p>\n

\"Female <\/p>\n

Female property influencers were invited to the $545-a-head event touting Hanson as \u2018an enduring presence in national politics\u2019 with \u2018sustained electoral relevance\u2019 and \u2018a central force \u2026 who has shaped conversation across the country\u2019<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The invitation for the women’s real estate convention was sent out on February 23, a week after Pauline Hanson’s controversial comments on Sky News that there were ‘no good Muslims’. She was dumped on February 27\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Reddit, people mocked the industry for considering Hanson, saying \u2018when you think real estate agents can\u2019t get a worse reputation?\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One poster quipped, \u2018It\u2019s the \u201clet\u2019s pretend housing unaffordability is all the fault of migrants not property speculators\u201d show. Pauline says: Hands off our tax rorts!\u2019<\/p>\n

Hanson was to lead the line-up at the WIRE event which included \u2018mentalist and mindset speaker\u2019\u00a0Andy Nunn, PropTech CEO Rebecca Moroney, Nitschke Real Estate CEO Michael Nitschke, and Domain Vice President Belinda Sinclair.<\/p>\n

The conference blurb praised Pauline Hanson’s \u2018ability to mobilise voter support\u2019 and her \u2018agenda-setting voice in public debate\u2019.<\/p>\n

In his backdown letter, REINSW CEO Tim McKibbin – who calls himself on his LinkedIn page a ‘Real Estate Thought Leader’ – wrote that \u2018over the years, WIRE has featured presentations from a wide variety of speakers.’<\/p>\n

‘Including people from different sectors and different backgrounds with different perspectives, who have talked about their lives, the challenges and adversity they have faced, their successes, their motivation, and more.<\/p>\n

\u2018Consistent with this theme we asked Senator Hanson to tell her story, given her four decades in politics and being in the public eye.<\/p>\n

\u2018Irrespective of her politics, she has faced many challenges and her resilience is clear. Nonetheless, Senator Hanson is a politician, and her policies cover a variety of issues.<\/p>\n

\"Reddit <\/p>\n

Reddit users mock the real estate industry’s proposed use of Senator Hanson as their keynote speaker at a female property influencers’ convention, joking she would argue that migrants were to blame for housing unaffordability\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In his backdown letter, REINSW CEO Tim McKibbin (above) – who calls himself on his LinkedIn page a ‘Real Estate Thought Leader’ – admitted\u00a0\u2018a significant number\u2026 have told us they cannot separate Senator Hanson\u2019s story of resilience from her policies\u2019<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In his grovelling backdown letter, the Institute CEO admitted he’d been snowed by complaints from members and that Hanson’s ‘policies cover a variety of issues’<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The governing NSW real estate body received a torrent of protests from members before being forced to cancel Hanson. Above, REINSW official Marc Minor quits ‘effective immediately’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018A significant number of members have told us they cannot separate Senator Hanson\u2019s story of resilience from her policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018We understand and respect those views and consequently, Senator Hanson will no longer be speaking at WIRE.\u2019<\/p>\n

Hanson has copped flak even from conservative figures since she claimed on Sky News on February 16 that there were no good Muslims and that those who practise the religion \u2018hate Westerners\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018You say, oh, well, there’s good Muslims out there. Well, I’m sorry, how can you tell me there are good Muslims?\u2019 she told Sky.<\/p>\n

The comments have received widespread condemnation.<\/p>\n

One of Australia’s most prominent conservatives, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan, described Hanson\u2019s remark as \u2018divisive, inflammatory\u2019 and \u2018un-Australian\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been dumped as keynote speaker at a women property influencers’ convention after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,100,44,14754,670],"class_list":["post-509361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dailymail","tag-news","tag-pauline-hanson","tag-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}