Not picked up by the Townsville media was the recent sighting of One Nation Pauline Hanson on the Townsville to Magnetic Island ferry run . Ms. Hanson once regularly visited an old school girlfriend on the island whose partner was a member of the ALP. On one such visit, Hanson went with the couple to the Magnetic Island Golf Club , where Greg Norman used to belt Dunlop 65s when he was a lad , and danced with the ALP shoe-shuffler.
This Fred Astaire act was regarded by some Labor supporters as collaborating with the enemy. To use a Hanson expression, he was asked to please explain why he waltzed with the flaming pollie. Furthermore, there was a move to have him booted out of the ALP, which came to nothing .
Nowadays , Arthur Murray School of Ballroom Dancing dropouts like Paul Murray (SKY) and Mark Latham (ex-ALP) are frequently listed on Hanson's dance card .
