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Aussie radio host fired for asking prime minister if her partner is gay
QMI Agency ^ | JUNE 15, 2013

Posted on 06/15/2013 8:49:28 AM PDT by rickmichaels

An Australian radio station fired a popular long-time host after he questioned Prime Minister Julia Gillard on air Thursday about her partner's sexuality.

Howard Sattler repeatedly quizzed Gillard on Perth radio station 6PR whether her partner, Tim Mathieson, a hairdresser, is gay, and if their relationship was romantic or platonic.

In a statement read on air late Friday, the station apologized "unreservedly" for Sattler's line of questioning.

"That was disrespectful to the office and the person of the prime minister and was entirely inappropriate," the statement read.

During the interview, Gillard defended her relationship.

"Right, well, let me just bring you back to Earth," she told Sattler during the questioning. "We live together as a couple. You know that. Yes, on the Internet there are lots of what I've referred to in the past as nutjobs and I'm happy to use the expression again."

Sattler plans to sue the radio station for his dismissal.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alteredsource

1 posted on 06/15/2013 8:49:28 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

Well, since homosexuality is out of the closet, and we’re told that it’s cool to be gay and all that, and we’re allowed to freely discuss homosexuality, it’s not surprising that someone felt okay to go down that line of questioning.


2 posted on 06/15/2013 8:52:46 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: rickmichaels
(in the snottiest, most condescending tone I can muster) See Australia, this is what happens when you put a foreigner in charge.

oh wait...

3 posted on 06/15/2013 8:53:19 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: rickmichaels

I thought we were ALL gay these days? Since when aren’t they LOUD and PROUD about their perverted lifestyle?

*Rolleyes*


4 posted on 06/15/2013 8:55:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: rickmichaels

I thought the Prime Minister was gay ,the first time I saw Him/Her


5 posted on 06/15/2013 8:56:30 AM PDT by molson209
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To: rickmichaels

Who’s going to be brave enough to ask Michelle?


6 posted on 06/15/2013 8:59:09 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek

Or Huma!


7 posted on 06/15/2013 9:01:40 AM PDT by golfisnr1
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To: rickmichaels

So she didn’t answer the question? Sounds like he hit a nerve.


8 posted on 06/15/2013 9:47:34 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: rickmichaels

“Hold me Foster’s and listen to this...”


9 posted on 06/15/2013 10:34:29 AM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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