‘A real threat’: Hanson shuts down media press gallery’s ambush (Sky News Australia)

Sky News host Steve Price commends One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson for turning the tables on journalists who tried to catch her out during a combative Q&A session.

“She [Pauline Hanson] has a new level of confidence, and having interviewed her countless times, she has not only arrived but is a real threat to the establishment parties,” Mr Price said.

“Pauline opened her speech, which went on for almost an hour, with the opening gambit about housing and immigration.

“Look, this much-anticipated speech over-delivered, and for someone like me who has watched a lot of these Press Club addresses, I was amazed- no, impressed- by how she handled the media press gallery, who consider themselves so smart.

“Even near the end, when one Nine newspaper reporter tried a gotcha question on Muslim migration, she shut him down.

“Then the Guardian with gotcha two got personal about her daughter and copped a real blast.”



She's not locked in with the journalists, they are locked in with her. She sounds a lot like Rupert Lowe. No compromises.

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[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, June 18, 2026.]