Published: 1:03PM Friday November 21, 2008
Source: AAP
What the Ernies winners said, or did:
Golden Ernie - John Molony, Mayor, Mount Isa, for
saying "The protesters are blaming me for their looks," after
suggesting lovelorn "beauty-disadvantaged" women move to Mt Isa to
find a man.
Political - Troy Buswell, Western Australia
opposition leader, now minister - for snapping the bra of a female
staffer, making sexist remarks to a Liberal MP, and sniffing the
chair of a Liberal staffer.
Media - John Westacoff, for making the comment
"Sheilas do health and consumer stories, you want your blokes, your
main guns, doing the real news stories," on Network Nine. Network
Nine shared the award for continuing to employ Westacoff.
Industrial - Professor Mark Wooden, University
of Melbourne, for saying "The pay equity gap has got a lot to do
with the fact that women are not prepared to work longer hours," at
a discussion dominated by women.
Sport (The Warney)
- Network Nine's Sam Newman, for
saying "Women on AFL boards are just there to placate the bleating
majority who are liars and hypocrites," and for grabbing the crotch
of a cardboard cut-out of a model with sports journalist Caroline
Wilson's head attached.
Judicial - Solicitor Roland Day, for his
comment about a 13-year-old witness in a sexual assault case:
"Never at any stage did this witness show upset, exhaustion or
stress, in fact in my full opinion, there was a level of enjoyment
at the attention."
Clerical - Archbishop Peter Jenson for his
comment: "The consecration of women bishops is against biblical
teaching," shared with the Reverend Mark Driscoll, who said
"Pastors sometimes stray because their wives let themselves
go."
The Elaine award, for remarks least helpful to the
sisterhood - Sophie Mirabella MP, who told deputy Prime
Minister Julia Gillard "You won't need his (Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd) tax payer funded nanny will you?"
The Good Ernie award (for boys behaving better) -
Brendan Cannon, rugby player, for saying: "I don't want my daughter
Phoebe growing up in the country where almost all women will be
victims of physical violence or sexual abuse during their
lifetime."
The award was shared with the Veolia transport company for
requesting an exemption from the Anti-Discrimination Act, so it
could exclusively employ women drivers "because women are better
drivers and gentler on the buses."
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