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Satirical show The Weekly has paid for a billboard mocking Pauline Hanson
Satirical show The Weekly has paid for a billboard mocking Pauline Hanson
The ABC has used taxpayer funds to put up an election billboard mocking Pauline Hanson.
The billboard was put up in the Victorian suburb of Shepparton by the satirical news program The Weekly.
The show’s contributor, a rapper named Briggs, said he was outraged when he saw a billboard from Pauline Hanson saying, “I’ve got the guts to say what you’re thinking”.
While being interviewed by host Charlie Pickering, Briggs said: “Out of the kindness of my heart, and the greatness of your wallet, I did something about it.”
The show paid for a billboard on the other side of the One Nation ad saying “I’m thinking I can’t wait to see the back of Pauline Hanson.”
It's a real billboard. pic.twitter.com/FVg6LI9X26
— The Weekly (@theweeklytv) May 1, 2019
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