SUNDAY - Sunday 12 July 1998. The Rise of Pauline Hanson Part 1 reported by Ross Coulthart. This video remains the copyright property of the Nine Network Australia and is shared here for historical and educational purposes.
I attended a Pauline Hanson Gold Coast conference in 1996-97. A woman in a wheelchair used her chair to forcefully charge at me. I just wanted to find out more. That’s why I was there. I had a right to attend. The wheelchair woman had come by bus. She and her mates had been bussed in to cause an issue. I’m not sure she was even disabled. I was shocked. Inside the Concert Hall I was surprised that the men actually worshipped her. She was like a goddess to them. Both political parties were so afraid of her splitting the votes they both attracted they would bus disabled people to these meetings to disrupt them. She’s outlasted them all and seen 8 PMs come and go.