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Police have launched an investigation into activist group GetUp’s protest of One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s speech at the National Press Club in Canberra.

GetUp has claimed responsibility for remotely unfurling a banner behind Hanson on stage, which read 鈥淚 opposed a pay rise for workers while I took a $100,000 pay rise for myself鈥�,

The attention-grabbing stunt happened in the middle of Hanson’s speech, in which she outlined plans to axe climate change initiatives, attacked multiculturalism, planned to halt “Muslim migration”, and launch a broad attack on the rights and existence of trans people, describing the movement for trans equality as a 鈥渕ilitant force鈥� that must be 鈥渃onfronted鈥� and a 鈥渟ubversive transgender ideology鈥� that must be 鈥渄ismantled鈥�.

GetUp later claimed responsibility by which simply said “it was us”.

 

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Australian Federal Police (AFP) have confirmed they are examining the circumstances surrounding the disruption, including reports that security at the event may have been compromised. The matter was referred to police by One Nation, which raised concerns about the safety of attendees and staff present at the address.

Hanson鈥檚 chief of staff, James Ashby claimed that 鈥渢here are safety concerns around Pauline鈥檚 security鈥�, demanding that The Press Club impose a lifetime ban on GetUp, including the organisation鈥檚 media and campaigns lead, David Sharaz.

A spokesperson for One Nation said the matter had been formally referred to police and that the party was seeking assurances regarding event security arrangements at future public appearances. The Press Club has not issued a detailed public statement on the security response at the time of publication, but have聽issued an apology to Hanson and said neither its staff nor its contractors had any involvement in the incident and that it was the work of third parties.

Police are expected to review event security footage and statements from venue staff, security contractors, and attendees as part of the investigation.

GetUp have “So see you next time. This is the beginning.”