Australian leaders Julia Gillard and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemn a campaign using a slogan previously directed at Gillard that now targets Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan. Multiple reports say truck-mounted billboards have appeared around Melbourne for around six weeks, displaying the phrase “ditch the witch” alongside Allan’s image. The campaign also includes AI-generated visual material, with Allan depicted wearing a black pointed hat and facial features including warts, in images that appear between other advertisements on the moving billboards. The reports describe the imagery and slogan as drawing on the “ditch the witch” line that became well known during political attacks against Gillard. Gillard and Albanese publicly criticize the campaign, framing it as offensive and inappropriate. The accounts also note that the trucks have been seen travelling through the city over an extended period, drawing attention to the use of the past slogan and the gendered, visual nature of the targeting. Neither source reports the campaign’s organisers, motives, or any official response beyond the politicians’ condemnation at the time of writing.
Albanese and Gillard condemn ‘ditch the witch’ billboard campaign targeting Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan
Australian leaders Julia Gillard and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemn a campaign using a slogan previously directed at Gillard that now targets Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan. Multiple reports...
- Julia Gillard and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemn a Melbourne billboard truck campaign targeting Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.
- The trucks display the slogan “ditch the witch” alongside Allan’s image.
- Reports say the campaign has been seen around Melbourne for about six weeks.
- Some billboards use AI-generated images depicting Allan with a black pointed hat and other facial features.
- The “ditch the witch” slogan is described as one previously used against Gillard.
Trucks with billboards depicting phrase alongside Allan wearing a black pointed hat have been seen around Melbourne for about six weeksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJulia Gillard and Anthony Albanese have joined a chorus of politicians criticising a truck-mounted billboard featuring Victorian premier Jacinta Allan alongside the phrase “ditch the witch”.The billboards, which have been seen travelling through Melbourne for about six weeks, also ran AI-generated images of Allan wearing a black pointed hat and with warts on her chin, in between advertisements for a brothel. Continue reading...
2 months agoA billboard truck spotted in Melbourne was displaying the same slogan infamously used against former prime minister Julia Gillard.
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