Event Brief
Pauline Hanson calls Guardian reporter’s questioning an assault
Filed: Jun 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM ET
Summary: Pauline Hanson’s comments at the National Press Club were condemned by a media union as an assault on free press.
WHO: Pauline Hanson; media union
WHAT: Hanson’s public excoriation of a Guardian journalist questioning her was labelled an assault on free press by a media union.
WHEN: Jun 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM ET
WHERE: Australia
WHY: The remarks were a reaction to a Guardian journalist questioning her at the National Press Club.
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