Introduction

There is something most Australians seem to agree with: the media coverage of Pauline Hanson and the One Nation Party has not been up to standard. Because of this, Media-Watch Interactive was represented at the Dandenong launch of One Nation. Some of our previous investigations had exposed dodgy media coverage and MWI's presence at the event had a dual function. First, I was there to gather facts and later compare them with the media reports. Second, I was to keep a watchful eye on the journalists there, mostly looking for unethical behaviour like photographers or TV crews asking people to pose for the camera.

As it turned out, the media coverage was so bad I decided to publish this report. It is a personal account of the events and it occasionally places the emphasis on misreported aspects of One Nation launches, including the political affiliation of the protesters.