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| Australian radio host says female leaders are 'destroying the joint' | Australian radio host says female leaders are 'destroying the joint' |
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| Australia's best known radio DJ has launched a ferocious attack on female politicians, including the prime minister, Julia Gillard, reigniting the debate on sexism in the country's politics. | Australia's best known radio DJ has launched a ferocious attack on female politicians, including the prime minister, Julia Gillard, reigniting the debate on sexism in the country's politics. |
| Alan Jones, a former Wallabies rugby coach and conservative prime ministerial speechwriter, criticised a $A320m (£207m) government initiative to improve female participation, accusing women in power of "destroying the joint". | Alan Jones, a former Wallabies rugby coach and conservative prime ministerial speechwriter, criticised a $A320m (£207m) government initiative to improve female participation, accusing women in power of "destroying the joint". |
| "She [Gillard] said that we know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating. Women are destroying the joint – Christine Nixon in Melbourne, Clover Moore here. Honestly." | "She [Gillard] said that we know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating. Women are destroying the joint – Christine Nixon in Melbourne, Clover Moore here. Honestly." |
| Nixon is the state of Victoria's former police commissioner and Clover Moore is a New South Wales MP and longtime lord mayor of Sydney. | Nixon is the state of Victoria's former police commissioner and Clover Moore is a New South Wales MP and longtime lord mayor of Sydney. |
| Jones's comments came days after a veteran conservative political lobbyist, Grahame Morris, called one of ABC TV's best-known female interviewers, Leigh Sales, a "cow". | Jones's comments came days after a veteran conservative political lobbyist, Grahame Morris, called one of ABC TV's best-known female interviewers, Leigh Sales, a "cow". |
| Sales had conducted a tough interview with the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, accusing him of being loose with the truth about the effect of government tax policy on the economy. The interview later went viral on YouTube. | Sales had conducted a tough interview with the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, accusing him of being loose with the truth about the effect of government tax policy on the economy. The interview later went viral on YouTube. |
| The incidents have sparked outrage in Australia. A Facebook petition calling for an advertising boycott against Jones has gained thousands of signatures while a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #destroythejoint has been trending. | The incidents have sparked outrage in Australia. A Facebook petition calling for an advertising boycott against Jones has gained thousands of signatures while a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #destroythejoint has been trending. |
| According to one of the petition's organisers, Andrew McKeowen, many young people will have heard Jones's attacks. "We call on all companies who advertise on [Jones's radio station] 2GB to publicly distance themselves from Alan Jones's latest sexist tirade, and to make a contribution to furthering gender equality as a sign of support," he said. | According to one of the petition's organisers, Andrew McKeowen, many young people will have heard Jones's attacks. "We call on all companies who advertise on [Jones's radio station] 2GB to publicly distance themselves from Alan Jones's latest sexist tirade, and to make a contribution to furthering gender equality as a sign of support," he said. |
| Gillard has herself been battling what many prominent political commentators have branded blatant and unprecedented sexist attacks since she won the Labor party leadership in a bloody coup against Kevin Rudd in June 2010. | Gillard has herself been battling what many prominent political commentators have branded blatant and unprecedented sexist attacks since she won the Labor party leadership in a bloody coup against Kevin Rudd in June 2010. |
| She has also endured an unrelenting campaign aimed at trying to link her with a former boyfriend who allegedly misused trade union funds in the mid-1990s. This week, she finally lost her cool, accusing her critics of being "misogynists and nutjobs". | She has also endured an unrelenting campaign aimed at trying to link her with a former boyfriend who allegedly misused trade union funds in the mid-1990s. This week, she finally lost her cool, accusing her critics of being "misogynists and nutjobs". |
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