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Ernie awards: Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O are champion sexists Ernie awards: Sandilands and Jackie O win dubious honour for sexist remarks
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Radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have taken out an Ernie award for sexist behaviour over on-air questioning of sports reporter Erin Molan.Radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have taken out an Ernie award for sexist behaviour over on-air questioning of sports reporter Erin Molan.
The awards, now in their 22nd year, were announced at a dinner at NSW parliament house on Wednesday night and acknowledge the most sexist remarks from high profile Australians over the last year.The awards, now in their 22nd year, were announced at a dinner at NSW parliament house on Wednesday night and acknowledge the most sexist remarks from high profile Australians over the last year.
Sandilands and Jackie O took out the clerical/celebrity category over an on-air interview with Molan, who was five weeks into a role presenting a sports segment on the show. She was asked by a caller and Sandilands about her sex life, whether or not she’d had a “boob job” and if she had slept with any cricketers. Sandilands also joked that her siblings were drug addicts.Sandilands and Jackie O took out the clerical/celebrity category over an on-air interview with Molan, who was five weeks into a role presenting a sports segment on the show. She was asked by a caller and Sandilands about her sex life, whether or not she’d had a “boob job” and if she had slept with any cricketers. Sandilands also joked that her siblings were drug addicts.
Molan did not return to the show, but neither Nine nor KiiS FM management would confirm if it was because of offence caused. A few days later, Molan took a moment on the Footy Show to break her silence.Molan did not return to the show, but neither Nine nor KiiS FM management would confirm if it was because of offence caused. A few days later, Molan took a moment on the Footy Show to break her silence.
“To every young woman out there and every person out there, you determine your worth and if you feel you’re ever in a situation where you are not being treated with respect or the way you are being treated is not acceptable to you then you have every right to walk away and every right to stand up for yourself,” she said.“To every young woman out there and every person out there, you determine your worth and if you feel you’re ever in a situation where you are not being treated with respect or the way you are being treated is not acceptable to you then you have every right to walk away and every right to stand up for yourself,” she said.
The federal education minister, Christopher Pyne, won the overall Gold Ernie, and was chosen over 19 other nominees for the political category for his comments that potential increases to uni fees and the resulting government debt won’t disproportionately affect women because “women are well represented amongst the teaching and nursing students. They will not be able to earn the high incomes that dentists and lawyers will earn.”The federal education minister, Christopher Pyne, won the overall Gold Ernie, and was chosen over 19 other nominees for the political category for his comments that potential increases to uni fees and the resulting government debt won’t disproportionately affect women because “women are well represented amongst the teaching and nursing students. They will not be able to earn the high incomes that dentists and lawyers will earn.”
The media Ernie was also awarded to columnist Piers Ackerman for his attack on the ABC cartoon character Peppa Pig.The media Ernie was also awarded to columnist Piers Ackerman for his attack on the ABC cartoon character Peppa Pig.
“The ABC has tried to foist its left-wing agenda on the nation,” he said in December.“The ABC has tried to foist its left-wing agenda on the nation,” he said in December.
“Even the cartoon character Peppa Pig pushes a weird feminist line that would be closer to the hearts of Labor’s Handbag Hit Squad than the pre-school audience it is aimed at.”“Even the cartoon character Peppa Pig pushes a weird feminist line that would be closer to the hearts of Labor’s Handbag Hit Squad than the pre-school audience it is aimed at.”
The awards are decided by a “boo off” in the audience as nominees are read out.The awards are decided by a “boo off” in the audience as nominees are read out.
The Elaine award, given for “the remark least helpful to the sisterhood” and named after former Christian Democratic party MP Elaine Nile, was jointly awarded to News Corp columnist Miranda Devine and the minister assisting the prime minister for women, Michaelia Cash.The Elaine award, given for “the remark least helpful to the sisterhood” and named after former Christian Democratic party MP Elaine Nile, was jointly awarded to News Corp columnist Miranda Devine and the minister assisting the prime minister for women, Michaelia Cash.
Earlier this month Devine criticised former prime minister Julia Gillard after she appeared at the royal commission into trade unions.Earlier this month Devine criticised former prime minister Julia Gillard after she appeared at the royal commission into trade unions.
“After rising to the top of her party through affirmative action, our first female prime minister cynically played the victim card,” Devine wrote.“After rising to the top of her party through affirmative action, our first female prime minister cynically played the victim card,” Devine wrote.
“Her unscrupulous complaints about sexism and misogyny just empowered the worst kind of women to excuse their own failings, and justified every sexist stereotype.”“Her unscrupulous complaints about sexism and misogyny just empowered the worst kind of women to excuse their own failings, and justified every sexist stereotype.”
Michaelia Cash had this year distanced herself from feminism, saying: “I’ve never been someone who really associates with that movement. That movement was a set of ideologies from many, many decades ago.”Michaelia Cash had this year distanced herself from feminism, saying: “I’ve never been someone who really associates with that movement. That movement was a set of ideologies from many, many decades ago.”
In the industrial category, Wicked Campers won the Ernie for sexist slogans on their vans for hire, including “fat girls are harder to kidnap”, “in every princess, there’s a little slut who wants to try it just once”, and “life sucks if your girlfriend doesn’t”.In the industrial category, Wicked Campers won the Ernie for sexist slogans on their vans for hire, including “fat girls are harder to kidnap”, “in every princess, there’s a little slut who wants to try it just once”, and “life sucks if your girlfriend doesn’t”.
The company was reportedly chosen as the winner by a slim majority over Libra, which proclaimed their brand of sanitary pads “absorbs way more than you ever did in maths class”.The company was reportedly chosen as the winner by a slim majority over Libra, which proclaimed their brand of sanitary pads “absorbs way more than you ever did in maths class”.
The Clinton award for repeat behaviour went to the prime minister, Tony Abbott.The Clinton award for repeat behaviour went to the prime minister, Tony Abbott.
The Ernie Awards are named after the then secretary of the AWU, Ernie Ecob, who declared in 1989 that women only wanted to be shearers for the sex.The Ernie Awards are named after the then secretary of the AWU, Ernie Ecob, who declared in 1989 that women only wanted to be shearers for the sex.