The ridiculous reason why Pauline Hanson claims she was told to stop filming next to a Mary Poppins statue
Pauline Hanson claims she was ordered not to film an interview next to a statue of Mary Poppins because the child character is ‘apolitical’.
The One Nation leader was filming an interview with Sky News in Maryborough in Queensland’s Fraser Coast region on Wednesday night when she claimed a local official threatened to call the police.
At the start of the interview with Steve Price, the One Nation leader claimed that while they were preparing, an off-camera confrontation had taken place.
“A council staffer came to me and said I couldn’t film here next to Mary Poppins because she’s apolitical. He said I shouldn’t be here,” Senator Hanson explained.
“I told them, ‘Fuck off, I’ll do the interview here.'”
Mrs Hanson continued: ‘They said, “We’re going to call the police”… (and) they went off to call them.
‘So if the police come and you see a confrontation here, then you know what’s going on, because Mary Poppins is apolitical and I really shouldn’t be doing an interview here.’
Mrs Hanson then held up to the camera a piece of artwork depicting her as Mary Poppins, created by a local resident.
Pauline Hanson (pictured) claimed she told a local council officer to ‘fuck off’ after she was allegedly banned from filming an interview next to a statue of Mary Poppins
Senator Hanson stood her ground and promised that she would not be bullied again because she knew her rights.
“I won’t be talked into anything, and no one will bully me or tell me,” she continued.
“I know I’m in the right and I can stand here next to my buddy Mary Poppins, and I will.”
Senator Hanson also revealed that it was the second time someone had threatened her with police in Maryborough that day.
She claimed the city was being ‘run by a bunch of bullies who don’t want to see One Nation here.’
“I’m sick of these people. This is the second time today,” she told Price.
The statue of Mary Poppins stands in the Visitor Information Centre at Maryborough Town Hall and is a tribute to the creator of Mary Poppins, PL Travers, who was born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough in 1899.
Mrs Hanson explained that she wanted to inspect the site of an old TAFE.
“It was built about nine years ago. It’s standing there in ruins and ruins.”
“I went out onto the property to actually check it out.”
“The guard said to me, ‘You can’t come here.'”
“I said, ‘I’m here as a member of parliament. I want to know where the taxpayers’ money is going (with) this facility that’s there.'”
Mrs Hanson said the guard warned him he would be calling the police.
“Okay, call the police,” I said. “Because I’m going to look around,” she recalled.
Senator Hanson wanted to inspect the site because it could be used for “emergency housing, elderly care, educational purposes.”
The statue of Mary Poppins stands in the Visitor Information Centre at Maryborough Town Hall and is a tribute to the creator of Mary Poppins, PL Travers, who was born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough in 1899.