In 2004, John Laws was pilloried and taken to court on a vilification charge for calling “front man” for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,Carson Kressley, a “little pansy” and a “pillow biter”. This week, Sonja Kruger radio new-chum on the MIX 106 breakfast show, commenting on the latest survey results, told her audience “Now we know the real queen of breakfast radio is Alan Jones.”

Both were cheap shots and so far, both the Daily Telegraph and Jones’ colleague, Ray Hadley have expressed outrage at Kruger’s comments. But we’ve yet to hear from gay activist, Gary Burns who initiated vilification proceedings against Laws in the Kressley case.

Should Kruger be put through the same process as Laws? Perhaps, in this case the circumstances are different? Or is this less about vilification about orientation and more about discrimination against a crusty old bloke in favour of a strong, vivacious young woman and their right to free speech?

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