21 Aug 2019

Mad Witches: Group calls for advertisers to drop Aussie station

From Morning Report, 7:51 am on 21 August 2019

More audio has emerged of controversial Australian broadcaster Alan Jones making misogynistic comments about Jacinda Ardern on his breakfast radio show.

Last week, Mr Jones said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is a "clown" and suggested that Australian PM Scott Morrison should "shove a sock down her throat".

Now other comments from that same segment are causing further controversy.

A group of campaigners - that takes its name from a slur that Peter Dutton once made about a female journalist - are taking aim at companies that advertise on his show, demanding they drop ties with the radio station 2GB.

Corin Dann spoke to the founder of the group Mad Witches, Jennie Hill, about the campaign