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Pauline Hanson says domestic violence prevents police from dealing with ‘real crime’ in unearthed interview

One Nation leader labels family violence leave ‘ridiculous’ and decries ‘woke’ support of women’s rights in November podcastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson has described paid leave for those experiencing family and domestic violence as “ridiculous”, and sugg...

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by Sarah Basford Canales
Pauline Hanson says domestic violence prevents police from dealing with ‘real crime’ in unearthed interview

One Nation leader labels family violence leave ‘ridiculous’ and decries ‘woke’ support of women’s rights in November podcast

Pauline Hanson has described paid leave for those experiencing family and domestic violence as “ridiculous”, and suggested the issue is taking police away from “real crime”, calling for the family law system to be “wound back”.

In an unearthed interview, the One Nation leader said the advancements of women’s rights in the family law system over the decades had become “broken” because they favoured women and were now “suppressing the males all the time”.

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