{"id":685591,"date":"2026-05-21T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685591\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:32:13","slug":"pauline-hanson-caught-swearing-as-staffer-says-shut-up-to-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685591\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauline Hanson caught swearing as staffer says &#8216;shut up&#8217; to journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Pauline Hanson and her party have again been caught in tense moments with media, with the One Nation leader captured on camera using the words &#8220;nasty bitch&#8221; and a staffer telling a journalist to &#8220;shut up&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">That remark was made at the end of a media conference in Adelaide, where Senator Hanson was attending an oil and gas producers event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">After facing questions about her party&#8217;s positions on fracking and offshore drilling, she was in the process of being quizzed about upcoming Senate candidates when her media adviser halted proceedings by interjecting &#8220;no that&#8217;s it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We&#8217;re done, thank you. No, no, no. Shut up. We&#8217;re done,&#8221; adviser Richard Henderson said to a journalist while Senator Hanson turned to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Did you just say shut up?&#8221; the reporter responded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I did tell you to shut up,&#8221;  Mr Henderson replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Footage from after the event showed Senator Hanson and her entourage walking away from the press pack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The camera picked up conversation between Senator Hanson and One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;That was good, you did very well,&#8221; Mr Joyce could be heard telling the party leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Senator Hanson then uttered the words: &#8220;\u2026said you&#8217;re the nasty bitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The comment prompted laughs from Mr Henderson and from Mr Joyce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Do you want me to go back and I&#8217;ll tell her?&#8221; Senator Hanson then said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One Nation leader Pauline Hanson at a media conference.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16ea5550800cb6f5644d13c1fa40c6ae.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">At the end of this media conference a journalist was told to &#8220;shut up&#8221;. (ABC News: Che Chorley)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is unclear whom Senator Hanson was referring to and the ABC has contacted Mr Henderson for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The exchanges come after other heated moments in recent weeks involving One Nation and the media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In an <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/mediawatch\/episodes\/farrer\/106667112\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/videosegment\/106667112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">encounter on the eve of the Farrer by-election, Senator Hanson&#8217;s chief-of-staff James Ashby was captured on camera ejecting ABC regional journalists from a campaign event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Bye bye to the ABC,&#8221; Mr Ashby said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;See you later guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Ashby&#8217;s actions were questioned by Senator Hanson, who made it clear she did not agree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Why, if they&#8217;re local ABC? Rural and regional?&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Because they&#8217;re reporting back to ABC Canberra. They were told,&#8221; Mr Ashby responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;They shouldn&#8217;t have gone,&#8221; she replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">On the night of the recent South Australian state election, the party barred the ABC from its election night function.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It cited the ABC&#8217;s <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-20\/one-nation-candidate-for-adelaide-aoi-baxter-wanted-in-uk\/106477200\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reporting over its dumped candidate for Adelaide, Aoi Baxter<\/a>, as the reason for its decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pauline Hanson and her party have again been caught in tense moments with media, with the One Nation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,14754],"class_list":["post-685591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-pauline-hanson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685591","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=685591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}