Liberal Party Vice President Teena McQueen has hit out at “no-name” comedian Hannah Gadsby for her contribution to renaming the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Barry Award.
The Barry Award was named in honour of Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, who helped establish the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The award was renamed in 2019 following calls from previous winners of the Barry who spoke out against the comedian’s controversial comments about transgender people. “I hope they reinstate that now, which was disgracefully taken out of the festival a couple of years ago,” Ms McQueen told Sky News host Cory Bernardi.
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