WEBVTT - Furious widow blasts Hanson over ‘witch-burning’ claim

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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<v Speaker 1>the front's afternoon headlines. Did a senior National Party politician

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<v Speaker 1>say Pauline Hanson was a witch who should be burned

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<v Speaker 1>at the stake? That was the allegation from Hanson. She

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<v Speaker 1>accused the late former Nationals leader Tim Fisher, renowned as

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<v Speaker 1>a gentle and softly spoken statesman, of uttering the phrase

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<v Speaker 1>during her early years in politics. Hanson renewed the claim

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<v Speaker 1>while attacking Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen, who took offense at

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<v Speaker 1>a billboard that called her a witch. Hanson had previously

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<v Speaker 1>made the same claim back in nineteen ninety eight. Back then,

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<v Speaker 1>she said Fisher and former Liberal minister Alexander Downer had

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<v Speaker 1>said she should be put in front of a firing

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<v Speaker 1>squad or burned at the stake. At the time, Tim

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<v Speaker 1>Fisher denied the claim. Now, Tim Fisher's widow, Judy Brewer,

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<v Speaker 1>has spoken to The Australian, describing the accusation as offensive

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<v Speaker 1>and saying she contacted Henson's Offers demanding evidence of the

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<v Speaker 1>alleged remark, but received no reply. Brewer said she felt

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<v Speaker 1>she must now ask for either some evidence or an

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<v Speaker 1>apology to ensure Fisher was not being posthumously defamed for

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<v Speaker 1>political purposes. That exclusive is live now at the Australian

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<v Speaker 1>dot Com dot a U. Six years after sacred sites

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<v Speaker 1>in Western Australia's Juken Gorge were leveled by Rio Tinto,

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<v Speaker 1>Rio Tinto legally blasted the Duken Gorge site for iron ore,

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<v Speaker 1>exposing a gap in WA's Aboriginal heritage laws. Ancient artifacts

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<v Speaker 1>the state's remote Pilbra region. The new deal with Fortescue

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<v Speaker 1>back to the miner in order to generate profits and

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<v Speaker 1>jobs for their communities. The native title holders struck a

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<v Speaker 1>similar deal with Rio Tinto last year. The twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>That's right here, Saturday morning,