The pueriles of Pauline

Richard Ackland’s brilliant article today (‘The defence of free speech is limited for the anti-18C brigade‘ in The Guardian) reminds us of one of Pauline Hanson’s more puerile assertions: that “Aboriginal women ate their babies”. Ackland wrote: A book published in her name, Pauline Hanson – The Truth, made a number of ludicrous claims, including…