Australian Politician Egged For Remarks

Protesters hurled tomatoes, eggs and insults Sunday at a right-wing politician who has angered many Australians with her comments blaming Asians and Aborigines for the country’s problems.

About 1,000 protesters - some of them of Asian descent - lined both sides of a street as independent legislator Pauline Hanson drove up for a fund-raising breakfast with about 300 supporters.

Police and protesters scuffled and demonstrators threw placards, sticks, tomatoes and eggs at Hanson and her supporters. Others blew whistles and chanted “No racists here” and “Keep the racist out.” Nothing thrown appeared to hit Hanson. Two protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct.

Hanson gained attention at home and in Asia with a provocative maiden speech in Parliament in September calling for an end to Asian immigration.

She blames Asian immigrants and Australia’s indigenous people, the Aborigines, for unemployment, crime and social division in the country. She wants welfare programs for Aborigines eliminated and supports the highly discredited theory that Aborigines were cannibals.