Annastacia Palaszczuk reached out to Jacinta Allan over ‘demeaning’ Herald Sun cartoon

Exclusive: In interview with Guardian Australia, Queensland premier recalls similar cartoon of her when elected in 2015 and says ‘it’s not acceptable’

Australia’s longest-serving current premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, says female leaders continue to be scrutinised differently from their male counterparts as she criticised a “deplorable” cartoon of the new Victorian premier.

The cartoon, published in the Herald Sun this week, depicted the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, as a nude catwalk model. The image used some pixellation and was paired with the caption: “From the Commonwealth Games cancellation … the premier’s new clothes.”

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