During the interview which aired last night, Pauline stormed out after reporter Laura Sparks quizzed her on election donations, asking Pauline if she was “in it for the money.”
“What has happened to this money? …in ’98 the AEC returns found that you’d received $75,824 in donations but you only declared $8,000 of them?”
Laura continued her line of questioning, but Pauline rose from her seat, ready to storm out.
“Why do you do it?” Pauline retorted. “Why do we not talk about it any other time except at election?…
“That’s why I hate dealing with the bloody media. They treat me totally different to every other bloody candidate that stands and yes wonder why I bother to go through all of this.”
Pauline stood in 2004 and 2007 as an independent and with her own Pauline United Australia party. During these campaigns she received $413,000 tax free. When questioned what she had done with this money, Pauline refused to answer.
When asked about her plans if elected, Pauline suggested that our freedom to choose is being compromised.
“We are having things forced upon us, we are not being asked, it’s like forced fluoride in water, recycled water, forced amalgamation, I would like to see and I will oppose any privatisation in water because I think that’s where it’s going and infrastructure or anything the government control for the people.”
In 1997, Pauline ruffled feathers and rose to notoriety in Australian politics in her controversial maiden address, in which she claimed Australia was at the risk of “being swamped by Asians”.
When Today Tonight asked Pauline if she still feels this way, Pauline responded: “I delivered that speech in 1997; a lot has changed since then. This is a state campaign. I’m dealing with state issues.”
However, the politician also says that she hasn’t changed from the day she first walked onto parliament in 1996.
Warwick, meanwhile, thinks “politics is fun”.
“I’m doing it for a bit of fun. I think politics is fun,” Warwick told Sunrise, adding that he challenges his opponent Pauline to a cook-off.
“Her fish and chips versus my Warwick Capper-cinos,” he said.
“At least I’m honest,” says Warwick. “I’ll be out there with the leather pants and the Zoo girls.”
