Pauline Hanson has claimed she was told not to film an interview next to a statue of Mary Poppins because children are “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 said a local official threatened to call police.
At the start of the interview with Steve Price, the One Nation leader claimed that as they were preparing, a confrontation broke out off-camera.
“So, a council staff member came and told me I couldn’t film here next to Mary Poppins, because she’s apolitical, and she told me I shouldn’t be here,” Senator Hanson explained.
‘I told them: “Go away, I’ll do the interview here.”
Ms Hanson continued: ‘They said ‘let’s call the police’… (and) they went off to call them.
“So if the police show up and you see a confrontation here, you know what’s going on, because Mary Poppins is apolitical and I shouldn’t be doing the interview here.”
Ms. Hanson then held up a piece of art depicting her as Mary Poppins, created by a local, in front of the camera.
Pauline Hanson (pictured) claimed she told a local council official to “go away” after allegedly being banned from filming an interview next to a Mary Poppins statue.
Defiant Senator Hanson stood her ground and vowed not to be intimidated when she knew her rights.
“I’m not a weak person and no one is going to bully me or tell me that,” she continued.
“I know that I have the right to be here with my partner Mary Poppins, and I will.”
Senator Hanson also revealed that it was the second time someone had threatened to call the police on her in Maryborough that day.
She claimed the city was “ruled by a bunch of thugs who don’t want to see One Nation here”.
“I’m fed up with these people. This is the second time this has happened to me today,” she told Price.
The Mary Poppins statue is located at the Maryborough Town Hall Tourist Information Centre and is a tribute to Mary Poppins’ creator, PL Travers, who was born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough in 1899.
Ms Hanson explained that she wanted to inspect the site of a former TAFE.
“It was built about nine years ago. It’s just there, in ruins.”
“I went to the property to take a look.”
‘The security guard told me: ‘You can’t come here.’
“I said, ‘I’m here as a member of Parliament. I want to know where the taxpayers’ dollars are going with this facility installed there.'”
Ms Hanson said the security guard warned he would call the police.
“Okay, call the police,” I said, “because I’m going to take a look,” he recalled.
Senator Hanson wanted to inspect the site because it could have been used for “emergency housing, for elderly care, for educational purposes.”
The Mary Poppins statue is located at the Maryborough Town Hall Tourist Information Centre and is a tribute to Mary Poppins’ creator, PL Travers, who was born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough in 1899.