Paul Kelly wrote before the election, “The women’s movement won’t decide the next election.”

JUDICIAL SILVER ERNIE

Queensland Police – A Queensland police officer giving evidence to the Queensland inquiry into domestic violence recalled hearing colleagues describing rape as “surprise sex” and saying “domestic violence is just foreplay” and “she’s too ugly to be raped.”

POLITICAL SILVER ERNIE

Victorian MP Bernie Finn in a speech about abortion said he knew rape victims who had “never been happier” after having their child.

INDUSTRIAL SILVER ERNIE

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet for designing a new logo for the women’s network that looked like a large purple cock and balls.

SPORT (THE WARNEY)

Fox Footy reporter, Tom Morris commenting on a female sports broadcaster who he named, “Unfortunately she’s a lesbian lads – hottest girl at Fox by a long way. Unfortunately she’s got a licker licence. She’s very good at it.”

CLERICAL/CELEBRITY

Hillsong pastor, Brian Houston regarding his staff member sexually assaulting an 18 year old girl at a social function “we’re not talking about a sexual predator here…. a young married man who did something stupid, got much drunker than he should… and got himself in a bad situation. That’s it.”

THE ELAINE (For the remark least helpful to the sisterhood)

Janet Albrechtsen on the Brittany Higgins allegations – “The PM seems to be frightened of women who think they should be free to roam the landscape, pointing the bone at alleged offenders without benefit of trial or other traditional niceties.” 

THE GOOD ERNIE (For Boys behaving Better)

Kyle Sandilands commenting on Dominic Perrottet – “How can someone run a state like New South Wales and be anti-abortion and anti-gay rights.”

THE TRUMP (for repeat offender) Scott Morrison

Dr Burgmann commented on the fact that this was the last Ernies Awards… “We decided that 30 years was a good run and, like Ash Barty, we should quit while we’re on top”

Media enquiries Meredith Burgmann 0418240763 and Yvette Andrews 0408281810

For footage and images ring Yvette Andrews 0408281810

For further information visit www.ernies.com.au

Media Enquiries Meredith Burgmann 0418240763 or Yvette Andrews 0408281810

Scott Morrison said he understands why Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

“I’m also fiercely defensive of anyone who would say anything about Jenny too, so I can understand it,”

Eric Abetz, Former Liberal senator on being relegated to third on the Senate ticket

“One thing I can’t do anything about is the day I was born, nor the sex that I was given courtesy of the chromosome interaction, whatever, that caused me to be a male,”

Mark Latham tweeted:

“It had to come. The link between long covid and radical feminism.”

Mark Latham

“She was only on there for ‘gender balance’. Kate Ellis is as useful as pockets in your underpants.”

Jordan Shanks (friendlyjordies)

“I am woman hear me whine…. Nicole Flint, Leigh Sales, Lisa Wilkinson… They are all part of this very specific class of women. Whine addicts…. All of them get paid exorbitant sums of money to sit on their arses and whine about how hard it is to be a woman.”

Paul Murray

“We got mean girl Penny Wong pretending to be nice but still looking like a mean girl.”
The High Court of Australia. Disgraced judge Dyson Heydon’s photograph is still on show in the High Court of Australia.

Andrew Bolt

“Shrieking climate independents (are) an insult to feminism”

Alexander Downer

“Take Josh Frydenberg in Kooyong and Dave Sharma in Wentworth. These are people who could become truly great men. But if the independents defeat them those independents will be totally forgotten in 10 years’ time.”
Angus Taylor repeatedly referred to deputy speaker Sharon Claydon as “Mr Speaker” and, after being corrected, called her “Mr Speaker” another five times.
Dominic Perrottet who, early in his new premiership, for two days in a row picked pubs as a backdrop for press conferences where he stood, surrounded by male politicians downing beers.

David Honey, WA Liberal Leader criticising Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson

“Good on you, minister! Who am I patronising?” “I will patronise you, minister; a minister who worries more about fashion than she does about doing her job in health!”

The Elaine (for remarks least helpful to the sisterhood)
Sussan Ley, Liberal Shadow Minister for the Status of Women
“While men speak on a variety of topics, they also speak for women so I’m very comfortable with the (male) leadership of our party.”

Anne Ruston, former coalition minister

“No government has done more to support Australia’s women”

Prue Mc Sween TV Personality

“Today we got to see fake independents… Georgia Steele and Monique Ryan up close and it wasn’t pretty. Wouldn’t want to cross either of those rude, arrogant sheilas in a dark alley.”
Kimberly Hone, Nationals candidate for Richmond, told supporters on Facebook that one way to avoid domestic violence was to “Marry well”

Miranda Devine said of Grace Tame “What a graceless sourpuss”

Janet Albrechtsen called the Teals “posh thickos”

Pauline Hanson refused to attend a respectful workplace education unit saying she was “too old to sexually harass anyone”

Press are welcome, drinks are free and a complimentary seat at dinner might be available if you’re lucky (call 0418240763).

The Ernies awards for the various categories will begin at 7:45pm and the Gold Ernie will be announced at approximately 9:45pm. Permission for the use of cameras and recording devices has been obtained.

Ernies founder, Dr Meredith Burgmann commented “For thirty years we have toiled away exposing the sexism and foolishness of public figures. It is hard work and, like Ash Barty, we would like to quit while on top.”

This year there were 208 nominations in six categories…media, political, judicial, industrial, sport (The Warney) and clerical/celebrity (The Fred) plus of course The Elaine (for remarks least helpful to the sisterhood…often the most hotly contested category). There is also a trophy for boys behaving better (The Good Ernie) and ‘The Trump’ for repeat offenders.

The winners are decided on the night by the loudness of the boos which greet each remark. The boos are judged by highly skilled boo-monitors. Burgmann said “I don’t deny there is some suspect deal making on the side but mostly the final result is accepted.”

This year the money raised will be used to help archive the vast array of Ernies documents for the State Library of NSW.

Results will be emailed to news outlets on the night. If you want results sent to you, email us at mburgmann@gmail.com or check out the final winners’ list on the Ernies website www.ernies.com.au.

Photos and short video footage will be available on the event night from Bronwyn Ridgway 0433373109 or Simone Wang 0402693070.

For the history of this unique awards ceremony and photos of the previous 29 Ernies’ Nights visit our website at www.ernies.com.au. Hot tips for the Gold Ernie will be released Wednesday 17 August.

Enquiries Meredith Burgmann 0418240763 and Yvette Andrews 0408281810

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, talking about the Women’s March4Justice, “This is a vibrant liberal democracy Mr Speaker. Not far from here, such marches, even now, are being met with bullets, but not here in this country.”

INDUSTRIAL SILVER ERNIE

General Angus Campbell, Chief of Defence, told incoming female ADFA cadets, they should avoid making themselves prey to sexual predators by being aware of the “ ‘four As’: alcohol, out after midnight, alone and attractive”.

MEDIA SILVER ERNIE

Jeremy Cordeaux, SA radio host on Brittany Higgins allegations, “I just ask myself why the Prime Minister doesn’t call it out for what it is – a silly little girl who got drunk,”

JUDICIAL SILVER ERNIE

Judge Robert Sutherland, NSW District Court, regarding Nicholas Drummond who hit a young woman after telling her to “put her tits away”. Judge Sutherland wished Drummond ‘good luck’ and concluded, (He made) “a lewd and completely inappropriate remark towards someone he didn’t know but whose dress might have been perceived by a former student of Knox to be provocative,”.

SPORT (THE WARNEY)

Ricky Stuart, coach, Canberra Raiders, “If I can’t have tough conversations with my better players, I might as well coach netball”

POLITICAL SILVER ERNIE – Dead Heat

Prime Minister Scott Morrison following Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape, “Jenny and I spoke last night and she said to me you have to think about this as a father first. What would you want if it were our girls?…Jenny has a way of clarifying things”.

CLERICAL/CELEBRITY – Dead Heat

Professor Magnus Nyden, Dean of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University doesn’t think there should be more women in sciences because, “a woman is biologically wired to be more concerned about people, and men about things”

St Luke’s Grammar School For asking their male students to choose the qualities they would look for in a girl which allocated more points for virginity, looks and strong Christian values than for generosity and adventurousness. The girl students were given articles on the importance of virginity and how Satan provided opportunities for fleeting sexual encounters. 

THE ELAINE (For the remark least helpful to the sisterhood) – Dead Heat

Senator Linda Reynolds, Minister for Defence, referring to Brittany Higgins “She’s a lying cow”

 Teena McQueen, Federal Liberal Party Vice President commented in a meeting, “I would kill to be sexually harassed at the moment”

THE GOOD ERNIE (For Boys behaving Better) – Dead Heat 

Liberal MP Russell Broadbent asked the PM to convene a national gathering of women and that all cabinet submissions, new policies and legislation have a gender impact statement and that politicians “need to be quiet, listen and learn”.

Richard Hinds, ABC Sports reporter, “I’ve no idea whether (Rugby Australia CEO) Raelene Castle was a good CEO or a disaster. I’m 100% certain women in power are still held to a much higher account than men”

THE TRUMP (for repeat offender) Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison (1) talking about the Women’s March4Justice, “This is a vibrant liberal democracy Mr Speaker. Not far from here, such marches, even now, are being met with bullets, but not here in this country.”

Scott Morrison (2) following Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape, “Jenny and I spoke last night and she said to me you have to think about this as a father first. What would you want if it were our girls?… Jenny has a way of clarifying things”.

Scott Morrison (3) to Grace Tame after her Australian of the Year speech detailing her experience of child sexual abuse “Well, gee, I bet it felt good to get that out.”

Dr Burgmann commented that “time for contemplation during lockdown has not made Australia a kinder, gentler place – for women”

Jayson Westbury CEO of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents objecting to Tracey Grimshaw’s reporting of a travel industry refund scandal. “She needs to be given a firm uppercut or a slap across the face”.

Political Silver Ernie

Senator Malcolm Roberts, on the family law system. “But when you’re a father, and you can’t get access to your kids, and you can’t get access to the legal system properly, what else is there to do other than check out or hurt the other person?”

Celebrity/Clerical Silver Ernie (dead heat)

Council of the Order of Australia – for awarding Bettina Arndt an AM for       “significant service to the community as a social commentator, and to gender equity  through advocacy for men”.

Shore school boys for their ‘Triwizard Shorenament’ challenging students to have sex with a woman over 80kgs; aged over 40; or who is deemed to be a ‘3/10 or lower’.

Sport Silver Ernie (The Warney) 

Israel Folau who claimed ‘Bushfires crippling Australia are God’s punishment for legalising abortion and same sex marriage’

Judicial Silver Ernie

Qld Det Insp Mark Thompson says police are “keeping an open mind” about the murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children after they were set alight by her estranged husband. “is it an instance of a husband being driven too far by issues he’s suffered by certain circumstances into committing acts of this form?”

Industrial Silver Ernie 

Jayson Westbury CEO of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents objecting to Tracey Grimshaw’s reporting of a travel industry refund scandal. “She needs to be given a firm uppercut or a slap across the face”.

Media Silver Ernie

Michael Leunig for his cartoon and poem entitled Mummy Was Busy. “Mummy was busy on Instagram.  When beautiful bubby fell out of the pram.  And lay on the path unseen and alone.  Wishing that he was loved like a phone”

The Elaine for remarks least helpful to the Sisterhood (dead heat)

Bettina Arndt on the murder of Hannah Clarke and her children.”Congratulations to the Queensland police for keeping an open mind and awaiting proper evidence, including the possibility that Rowan Baxter might have been ‘driven too far’.”

 and

Pauline Hanson, Deputy chair of the Family Court Enquiry, on women fabricating stories of domestic violence.”a lot of the women out there abuse the system by instigating false DVOs against their former partners or their husbands. They use that to further their needs… Domestic violence orders have got completely out of hand”.

The Good Ernie for boys behaving better

Actor Sam Neill. “I actually think it would be better if men just shut up for a while…Resist the urge to shout over the top of women. Stop being boofheads. And bullies… And when someone says “You’re not the boss of me” you better believe it. You’re just a guy that messes up the house or the office.”

The Trump (for repeat offender)

Mark Latham

The Margaret Jones Cup (dead heat) 

Prue Brown and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Neil Scott, Perth night club owner in response to a woman’s complaint about drink spiking, “She’s not a particularly attractive girl. It’s just implausible to imagine that she had her drink spiked…’ She’s just a very plain Jane type of girl.

Jayson Westbury CEO of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents objecting to Tracey Grimshaw’s reporting of a travel industry refund scandal. “She needs to be given a firm uppercut or a slap across the face”.

David Murray and John Fraser, AMP directors, for the promotion of Boe Pahari to Head of AMP Capital, despite there having been a number of sexual harassment complaints against him.

POLITICAL

Josh Frydenberg declaring in Parliament “The gender pay gap has closed”. (It’s still 14%)

Tony Abbott, describing a NSW bill seeking to remove abortion from state’s Crime Act “it is effectively infanticide on-demand”

Scott Morrison, on getting more women into Parliament “I want to see more women in our parliament and I want to see the NSW division work with me and my team to deliver that on merit, on merit, that’s the key,”

Scott Morrison, for appointing Pauline Hanson Deputy Chair of the Family Court system inquiry.

Senator Malcolm Roberts, on the family law system.“But when you’re a father, and you can’t get access to your kids, and you can’t get access to the legal system properly, what else is there to do other than check out or hurt the other person?”

Craig Kelly, MP for Hughes, calling senior physicist and meteorologist Laura Tobin an ‘ignorant Pommy weather girl’.

Mark Latham referring to “gentrified Leftist families where, in the name of ‘gender equity’ and PC ‘role models’, the mums don’t cook, clean up or help the kids with homework because it ‘gives the wrong example to young girls’”

Adem Somyurek talking about Victorian Minister for Women Gabrielle Williams “she’s a stupid bitch I will “fucking force … out of the ministry”.

Mark Latham, during abortion debate “I am the Matriarchy”

CELEBRITY/CLERICAL

Anthony Fisher, Archbishop of Sydney, for referring to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 as the “Kill Bill”

Council of the Order of Australia – for awarding Bettina Arndt an AM for       “significant service to the community as a social commentator, and to gender equity  through advocacy for men”.

Shore school boys for their ‘Triwizard Shorenament’ challenging students to have sex with a woman over 80kgs; aged over 40; or who is deemed to be a ‘3/10 or lower’.

JUDICIAL

Qld Det Insp Mark Thompson says police are “keeping an open mind” about the murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children after they were set alight by her estranged husband. “is it an instance of a husband being driven too far by issues he’s suffered by certain circumstances into committing acts of this form?”

Owen Hughes, solicitor who argued on appeal his behaviour was not sexual harassment because he was “to be seen as being like Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice“.

MEDIA

Michael Leunig for his cartoon and poem entitled Mummy Was Busy. “Mummy was busy on Instagram  When beautiful bubby fell out of the pram.  And lay on the path unseen and alone  Wishing that he was loved like a phone”

Bruce McAveney Ch7, referring to Collingwood’s Jordan De Goey, who has been charged with indecent assault. “We feel like he’s full of confidence. He’s had an OK year so far. And then he’s had a hiccup, we know.”

Beau Ryan, host of The Amazing Race “Because of my lifestyle and the way I work I really need my wife at home”.

Peter Goers, Sunday Mail and ABC radio journalist re Nicolle Flint, Member for Boothby. “Flint wears pearl earrings and a pearly smile. She favours a vast wardrobe of blazers, coats and tight, black, ankle-freezing trousers and stiletto heels…she presents herself in her own newsletter 23 times as a fashion plate.”

Steve Price claimed he ‘wouldn’t cross the road to watch women’s football’

The Australian, under a headline that read “Body in freezer: Husband ‘a quiet man’  A woman whose body was found frozen ‘rock solid’ in a freezer at her family’s Sydney home had a ‘strong, aggressive’ personality and often nagged her ‘quietly spoken’ husband, according to friends of the couple.”

SPORT (THE WARNEY)

Israel Folau who claimed “bushfires crippling Australia were God’s punishment for legalising abortion and same-sex marriage.”

Jeff Kennett, president of Hawthorn Football Club, responding to a suggestion that the AFL be renamed AFLM to avoid discrimination for the women’s code (AFLW) with the words “embarrassing”, “thoughtless” and “unprofessional”.

AFL legend Leigh Mathews says he would be livid if he was an AFL player asked to take a pay cut to help fund the AFLW competition.

ELAINE

Bettina Arndt regarding her Order of Australia “A lot of feminists, for instance think they own the idea of gender equality, which is all about promoting women at the expense of men, so I was very pleased that they described my work as gender equality through advocacy for men, which is what I’m doing”.

Bettina Arndt objects to a Sex, Love and Dating handbook at Griffith University “Young women at Griffith University are being taught to be uncaring, demanding bitches”

Pauline Hanson, Deputy chair of the Family Court Enquiry, on women fabricating stories of domestic violence.”a lot of the women out there abuse the system by instigating false DVOs against their former partners or their husbands. They use that to further their needs… Domestic violence orders have got completely out of hand”.

Bettina Arndt on the murder of Hannah Clarke and her children.”Congratulations to the Queensland police for keeping an open mind and awaiting proper evidence, including the possibility that Rowan Baxter might have been ‘driven too far’.”

Ita Buttrose  ABC Chair. “Australia has become too politically correct and we are far too sensitive now…Even in the workplace, the way men and women used to talk to one another, which was quite fun, I think, doesn’t exist today”

Miranda Devine. “Why should the convenience or the emotional equilibrium of an expectant mother take precedence over the very life of her unborn child”

GOOD ERNIE

Satirist Titus O’Reilly (Alex Twomey) tweeting on T20 World Cup.“Great crowd. It’s almost if you develop and promote women’s sport properly, people will watch it. Who knew?

Actor Sam Neill. “I actually think it would be better if men just shut up for a while…Resist the urge to shout over the top of women. Stop being boofheads. And bullies… And when someone says “You’re not the boss of me” you better believe it. You’re just a guy that messes up the house or the office.”

Brandon Jack. “Remember the ‘Kissing Sailor’? He was a groper”

Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith demanded Bettina Arndt be stripped of her AM for comments ‘totally at odds with the values of the Australian people, the Crown and the Australian Government”.

Andrew Hornery for pointing out the double standards that vintage male and female celebrities have to comply with to compete for instagram ‘likes’. The women are scantily clad while the men are fully clothed.

 Alan Jones – “Now I hope Scott Morrison gets tough here with a few backhanders…She’s a clown, Jacinda Ardern…I just wonder whether Scott Morrison is going to be fully briefed to shove a sock down her throat”.

Political Silver Ernie

 Scott Morrison – “It’s not in our values to push some people down to lift some people up. That is true of gender equality. We don’t want to see women rise only on the basis of others doing worse.”

Celebrity Silver Ernie

 Author John Marsden – “Men who feel rage as a result of the failure of their mothers to effectively manage the inevitable eventual separation between mothers and their sons…are highly likely to project that rage onto future intimate partners, and often all women.”

Sport Silver Ernie (The Warney)

 Channel 7AFL for removing the photo of Tayla Harris kicking the football rather than moderating the trolls commenting on the thread.

Judicial Silver Ernie

Police Officer Neil Punchard – For giving a woman’s details to her violent former husband, texting “just tell her you know where she lives and leave it at that. Lol. She will flip.”

Industrial Silver Ernie 

 John Setka, CFMEU Secretary for telling the CFMEU executive that the work of Rosie Batty had led to men having fewer rights.

The Elaine (for remarks least helpful to the Sisterhood)

Bettina  Arndt – “Feminism…It’s all about rules and regulations to advantage women at the expense of men. Constant male bashing. False accusations of violence being used to destroy men’s lives. Women denying men access to their children. There are endless rules in our society now which are about demonising men.”

The Good Ernie (For Boys Behaving Better) Dead heat

Rev Simon Hansford, Head of the Uniting Church in NSW, said while “the sacredness of life” must be respected, “Christians are called to respond to life with compassion and generosity. Abortion is a health and social issue and should not be a criminal issue.”

and

Victorian Assistant Police Commissioner Luke Cornelius after the murder of another woman in a public place – “The key point is that this is about men’s behaviour, it’s not about women’s behaviour.”

The Trump (for repeat offender)

 Alan Jones

Cricket Australia for sacking a female employee, Angela Williamson after she campaigned for abortion reform on social media.

POLITICAL SILVER ERNIE

Barnaby Joyce – referring to his daughters during the Equal Marriage campaign, “We know that the best protection for those girls is that they get themselves into a secure relationship with a loving husband, and I want that to happen.”

MEDIA SILVER ERNIE

Tim Blair – “February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Frankly, wasn’t it better when they used rabbits.”

CELEBRITY SILVER ERNIE

Don Burke who used his self-diagnosed Asperger’s syndrome to excuse sexual harassment charges against him.

JUDICIAL SILVER ERNIE

Magistrate Michael Barko who described a domestic assault charge as “a lower-end allegation that happens in every second house” and accused the woman of “slapping the court in the face” for failing to turn up.

INDUSTRIAL SILVER ERNIE (Dead Heat)

Coopers Hotel Newtown for posting on social media ”Keep calm and slap a bitch as we approach the finals of this year’s NRL!”

Sky News The Outsiders program -  After criticism of the sexist attack on Sarah Hanson-Young, they sacked the junior woman producer who wrote the strapline, the only woman working on the show.

THE ELAINE (For Remarks Least Helpful to the Sisterhood)

Minister Michaelia Cash – “If you want to start discussing staff matters, be very, very careful. Because I’m happy to sit here and name every young woman in Mr Shorten’s office over which rumours in this place abound. ”

THE GOOD ERNIE (For Boys Behaving Better)

Former Sydney Swans player, Brandon Jack – “The following statement is true: rape culture is real. If you roll your eyes at these words, dismissing the idea as an overreaction by hypersensitive feminists, then you are part of the problem. This is something we can no longer hide from – so please, don’t weep for your toxic masculinity.”

THE TRUMP (For Repeat Offender)

Tony Abbott (again)

GOLD ERNIE & SILVER ERNIE (POLITICAL)

Barrister Ben Mallick (Judicial Silver Ernie) for defending a taxi driver charged with sexual assault, “the attack would not have happened if the woman had sat in the back seat”.

NSW Department of Education (Industrial Silver Ernie) for proposing that experienced School teachers who take 5 years off to have children be downgraded to beginner teacher salary when they return to work.

Celebrity Silver Ernie  

Rolf Harris for writing a song in gaol called Gutter Girls, “Sleeping in the daytime, lying every night. She’s scheming, screaming bloody rape and she’s got you in her sight.”

Political Silver Ernie  

Mark Latham – “By attacking poverty rather than attacking men you’ll get a far better solution than the nonsense we’re hearing from Rosie Batty and the other left feminists”.

Sport Silver Ernie, The Warney

Eddie McGuire – when discussing paying to have sports journalist Caroline Wilson ducked in cold water “I’ll put in ten grand straight away – make it twenty – and if she stays under the water, fifty.”

Media Silver Ernie  

Andrew Bolt – remarking on the Constitutional Recognition documentary with Linda Burney, “it was tricky because she is gorgeous and she’s a woman and it’s very difficult for a white male to debate an Aboriginal woman and not be seen as a bully or mean.”

Elaine Award  (for remark least helpful to the sisterhood)

Pauline Hanson in her inaugural speech, referring to the family court system “women make frivolous claims and believe they have the sole right to the children… until we treat mums and dads with the same courtesy and rights, we will continue to see murders due to sheer frustration and depression and mental illness caused by this unworkable system.”

The Good Ernie  (dead heat)

Bernard Keane commenting on Pauline Hanson’s Inaugural Speech, “I can’t recall a more sickening, more evil statement from a politician than this attempt to explain away the murder of women by ex-partners as frustration due to frivolous claims by women.

Byron Shire Council for banning sexist graffitied Wicked Campers from the Council caravan parks.

The Clinton for Repeat Offender went to Mark Latham.