A radio presenter has been sacked in Australia for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a live interview if her partner is gay. Howard Sattler suggested to Ms Gillard that her partner of seven years, Tim Mathieson, had to be homosexual because he was a hairdresser.
Ms Gillard characterised his comments as an absurd generalisation.
The DJ was suspended and then sacked by Fairfax Radio, which apologised for the “disrespectful” questioning.
The incident on Thursday comes as Australia prepares for a general election on 14 September – one
which Ms Gillard looks set to lose to the Tony Abbott-led opposition.
It also comes in a week dominated by a row over the emergence of a menu prepared for an opposition party fund-raiser that made offensive comments about Ms Gillard’s body.
Mr Abbott has condemned the menu, for which the owner of the restaurant where the function was held has taken responsibility.
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