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Leader of ACT Liberals makes rude gesture in testy exchange with journalist.

Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

ACT Opposition Leader makes rude gesture to journalist

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Nine Entertainment Co.

A tense press conference has sparked the ACT Opposition Leader to make a rude gesture at a reporter, in front of a camera days from an election.

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Murdoch family

Pollie flips the bird at reporter

Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee is sorry for gesturing her middle finger at a journalist but says it was due to frustration over his treatment of women.

PerthNow

City of Perth

Western Australia

Flipped off: ACT election hopeful calls out misogyny

T﻿he ACT Opposition Leader has apologised for giving a rude gesture to a journalist that was caught on camera.Elizabeth Lee, the leader of the territory's Liberals, was completing a heated interview ﻿with local reporter Ian Bushnell yesterday in Canberra when she flipped.Tension mounted as Lee was pushed about her party's policy costings, just two days ahead of the ACT election.READ MORE: PM cops heat from own party over $4.3m property buyLee re…

9News

Senior Liberal makes rude gesture towards journalist

Elizabeth Lee apologises for her gesture but criticises journalist Ian Bushnell for alleged "mansplaining". Canberra political tensions rise.

The Canberra Times

Australian Community Media

Canberra

Australian Capital Territory

Lee says journalist was 'mansplaining' before she was caught flipping him off

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Brisbane Times

Nine Entertainment

Brisbane City

Queensland

As it happened: Brisbane on Thursday, October 17

Elizabeth Lee says her gesture was a moment of “sheer frustration” with a veteran journalist. Photo: Supplied By Jacob Shteyman Tensions have bubbled to the surface days out from the ACT election, with a middle-fingered salute sparking furore over misogyny and the role of the media in holding politicians accountable. Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee was caught on camera flipping the bird at a local journalist after a leadership debate with…

Canberra CityNews

Flipped off: Lee calls out journalist's 'misogyny'

Veteran Region journalist Ian Bushnell says he’s frustrated at being made the centre of a viral news story after Canberra…

The RiotACT

Deakin

‘Just doing my job’: Bushnell responds to being flipped off by Liberals leader

She later issued an apology. 
With two days remaining until polling, ACT Liberal leader Elizabeth Lee found herself in hot water after being filmed flashing her middle finger at a journalist. She later apologised for the incident. “I engaged in poor behaviour that was unprofessional, and I apologise,” she said, adding that she has a history with the particular journalist. “I respect the work that journalists do, including asking the tough questi…

Australian National Review

Australian National Review - Elizabeth Lee Caught in Election Storm After Gesture Towards Journalist

Tensions have bubbled to the surface days out from the ACT election, with a middle-fingered salute sparking furore over misogyny and the role of the media in holding politicians accountable. Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee was caught on camera flipping the bird at a local journalist after a leadership debate with Chief Minister Andrew Barr on Wednesday. Ms Lee apologised for the rude gesture but said it came out of “sheer frustration” fol…

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