James Ashby – a man investigated for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor and whose party repeatedly hired a man who raped his wife – is now claiming One Nation’s relationship with media is like domestic violence.
He made the comment on the Nine Network today when asked about One Nation refusing to let the ABC and the Guardian media outlets attend its press conferences.
Open media access to government and politicians is a foundation of a democratic society.
Yes it can be uncomfortable. But you know what it doesn’t do – it doesn’t kill you, it doesn’t break your bones or leave bruises, it doesn’t lead to suicidal ideation, it doesn’t destroy your psychological well-being and it doesn’t deprive you of your right to safety.
Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive and often physical harm perpetrated to instill fear in another person and to have complete control over them.
Being in a relationship with an abusive partner is as traumatising for victims as it is for soldiers going to war.
With this comment, One Nation has shown how incredibly oblivious it is to what abuse is and what it does to humans
I cannot begin to tell you how infuriating it is for any political party to reduce the severity of domestic violence to a 10-second media bite.
Do they even know that the majority of the women lost to femicide this year were killed as a result of male-perpetrated domestic violence?
A party that wants to govern should know better than to minimise the epidemic of abuse against Australian women and children.
