AFP investigates banner stunt during Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech

The Australian federal police is investigating a protest incident during Pauline Hanson’s speech at the National Press Club after political activist group GetUp claimed responsibility for the stunt. In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, the National Press Club said it had referred the incident to police after concluding none of its own staff were involved. About 20 minutes into Hanson’s inflammatory address on Wednesday , a banner was unfurled behind her. The banner included an edited black-and-white picture of her with the words: “I opposed a pay rise for workers, while I took a $100,000 pay rise for myself.” Pauline Hanson says Australia must be ‘monocultural’ in Press Club address – video Guardian Australia has confirmed ACT policing has received the complaint about the “alleged unauthorised access and interference with equipment at a building at Barton” and were onsite on Wednesday afternoon for forensic testing. The press club said it appeared “two persons entered the club building yesterday afternoon without permission and installed a separate drop-down screen in front of our media wall/light box”. “It is evident that a further person present during the address activated a remote device to trigger the unfurling of the coiled banner.” Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email GetUp sent an email at 1.57pm with the subject line “Hanson NPC Address: It Was Us”. …