Despite being threatened with legal action, Pauline Hanson has once again taken aim at Robert Irwin in a new episode of her animated satirical series.
Irwin is not the only target in the latest episode of Hanson’s controversial Please Explain series, titled ‘The State of Melbourne’.
Bluey, Anthony Albanese, former Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and former CFMEU leader John Setka are also in the One Nation leader’s sights.
The latest release comes just months after Irwin threatened producers with legal action over a previous episode attacking the Queensland government and Irwin for appearing in a Queensland tourism campaign.
The latest animated installment was uploaded to Hanson’s YouTube channel on Friday.
It begins with ‘Irwin’ addressing the viewer: ‘Yes, good morning, it’s me, Robert Irwin, again…
You know, when I made that announcement in Queensland, a lot of people said I was just taking advantage of my family name for financial gain.
“Well, you haven’t seen anything yet, because I’m now making a cheeky sequel for Tourism Melbourne with my best friend Bluey.”
In the video, the characters of Irwin and Bluey are run over by caricatures of Messrs. Andrews and Albanese, who then continue filming the tourism advertisement.
Pauline Hanson once took aim at Robert Irwin in the latest episode of her controversial series Please Explain, titled ‘The State of Melbourne’.
‘Robert Irwin’ and ‘Bluey’ appear in latest episode of spoof of Melbourne tourism advert
Mr. Andrews plays Irwin and Mr. Albanese is Bluey.
The episode also has insight into a safe injection room in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond and the city’s sustainable transport system.
Elsewhere, a caricature of former CFMEU leader John Setka is seen pushing a wheelbarrow full of cash.
The video has already had almost 10,000 likes and Hanson’s followers praised the video.
‘I live in Melbourne and can confirm this video is 100% accurate!’ wrote one.
‘Yesterday 1 One Nation voted. We need Pauline as Prime Minister. Then there will be no more things to wake you up,” wrote another.
‘Our favorite Friday morning watch before school with my son…LOVE THEM!!’ wrote a third.
In the video the characters of Dan Andrews and Anthony Albanese run over ‘Robert Irwin’ and ‘Bluey’
Hanson’s “right-hand man” James Ashby, credited as the video’s producer, said One Nation had the right to publish the satirical series despite Irwin’s legal threat.
“It’s just a bit of fun,” he told the Courier Mail.
‘We have advice from some of the best defamation specialists in the country who tell us that it is not defamatory, so it is certainly ironic, but everyone at this time of year, especially with the election around the corner, needs to laugh a lot.
“Instead of paying lawyers, Robert can call us at any time.”
The Please Explain series is no stranger to controversy, with a restricted episode on social media during the 2022 federal election.
Former CFMEU leader John Setka is also in the One Nation leader’s sights in his latest video.
The cartoon showed a character based on Labor senator Penny Wong delivering a batch of fake votes to her Covid bedridden leader, Anthony Albanese.
The parody prompted a warning from the Australian Electoral Commission and subsequent removal or restriction by several social media platforms.
The AEC said Ms Hanson’s attempts to undermine democratic trust were “extremely disappointing”.
“Some aspects are clearly false and any registered party would know this,” the AEC published.
“No election the AEC has held has had a margin smaller than the number of alleged multiple votes (and) identification is required when one registers to vote.”
