Claims Of Protest Clashes Outside ‘Q&A’ Studios Before Hanson’s Appearance

Bearing placards with statements like “pedophile [sic] scum off our streets” and yes, even “white lives matter,” the group have apparently found it fit to defend the One Nation senator’s honour against a group protesting the Queenslander’s appearance on the show.

oldm8 with the Eureka flag has some kind of self-styled Australian military jacket going on #qanda pic.twitter.com/gVC8l5Glxf

— ten thousand dads (@mckinnon_a) July 18, 2016

Chants of “Commie scum off our streets” and “tell us about the rapes” #qanda pic.twitter.com/Ubaw1QMtFk

— ten thousand dads (@mckinnon_a) July 18, 2016

At the pro-Pauline rally outside the #qanda building. Maybe 80 people, about 70 of which are blokes pic.twitter.com/46lSsA8Ao2

— ten thousand dads (@mckinnon_a) July 18, 2016

One Nation protesters outside #qanda… Inside, flyers fact-checking Hanson’s policies circulating… pic.twitter.com/i3fnnd9MpX

— Olivia Willis (@liv_willis) July 18, 2016

The pro-Hanson protest is as silent as the grave. Eerie. #qanda #qandaprotest pic.twitter.com/aEKewP4Aas

— Andrew Bell (@Bell_Andrew1) July 18, 2016

On the other side of the political spectrum and separated by a fair few police officers, members of the original Hanson protest squad have been asking, quite bloody loudly, why she’s been given a platform on the nation’s largest weekly political panel programme in the first place.

Protestors have arrived at the ABC ahead of Pauline Hanson’s appearance on #QandA pic.twitter.com/KAO30y3A4b

— Jamie Cummins (@jc_cummins) July 18, 2016

.@honi_soit Anti-Hanson protest is extremely energetic but also stable & peaceful #QandA #qandaprotest pic.twitter.com/aFzyP8k8cB

— Andrew Bell (@Bell_Andrew1) July 18, 2016

More than 100 people in front of the ABC building in Ultimo protesting Pauline Hanson’s appearance on #QandA tonight pic.twitter.com/hwubWqDYgy

— ABC News Sydney (@abcnewsSydney) July 18, 2016

Chants of “Always was, always will be Aboriginal land” #qanda #qandaprotest pic.twitter.com/JL7FmTxnaw

— Andrew Bell (@Bell_Andrew1) July 18, 2016

A row of people ostensibly being arrested (have chosen an angle so as not to ID people) #qanda pic.twitter.com/QGCci5SbhZ

— Andrew Bell (@Bell_Andrew1) July 18, 2016

Source: Twitter. 
Photo: @jc_cummins / Twitter.