RARE OCCURRENCE

An academic – a professor of applied language studies, no less – praises a red-necked Queenslander:

"Which reminds me, of course, Pauline Hanson and the xenophobia thing, when she was asked about it, and wasn't sure about the meaning, she said, 'Please explain', and was probably criticised by people for not knowing.

"Whereas in fact, she was showing commendable honesty to make sure she knew what it was all about."

This guy is gonna cop some shit back at the office.