Gavin King haunted in LNP run. Cairns Post editor-at-large Gavin King resigned last week to run for the Liberal-National Party at the next state election. Now enemies are trawling his columns for ammunition and finding words that could come back to haunt him. One of them pointed Crikey to a June 2008 column in which he states: “If a woman is flirting or wearing a short skirt or drinking too much she never deserves or ‘asks’ to be raped. But women need to ask themselves if their binge drinking behaviour puts them at risk. The answer is yes, it does.” King also drew fire in 2007 for a piece comparing George W. Bush with Saddam Hussein. Twitter trolls have been linking out.
The former investment banker and student editor has reported extensively from Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory and was an awarded correspondent for The Centralian Advocate. He told his paper last week the state was facing serious issues and he “can no longer just observe and write about them from the sidelines”.
From Crikey Tips and Rumors
RAJ REPORT 
September 20, 2011 at 5:40 am
If Kirsten Lesina was fulfilling her duties as the councillor that she is getting paid to be, she would not have time to do what she is doing. Obviously Ms Lesina and especially Desley Boyle love to dig dirt because that is how they win their contests – by being dirty,
Let Desley show us where she has stood up and fought for Cairns in Anything that this Labor government wanted for Brisbane or Townsville ahead of Cairns.
We can expect dirty tactics from the left this time around obviously.
I hope the LNP candidate whoever it may be does not stoop to their level. Being a reporter and a candidate are two different matters.
Some people do not know how to take articles written “tongue in cheek”. I love Gavin King’s articles and can laugh at myself – some people have lost the ability to laugh at anything these days with all the political correctness.
As a female I have been more insulted by the lack of representation by Desley Boyle in the seat of Cairns.
All I have heard Kirsten Lesina espouse is that she was in favour of Bike paths.
It is obvious that they are rattled to have a candidate running against Kirsten who has a much more public profile than she does.
Crikey is mainly a left wing organisation also.
Next we will see a campaign by the GetUp mob I suppose and Emily’s List and so on.
I presume Kirsten would be a member of Emily’s List by now – this group seem to suck in all the left wing politicians and help them get elected as well.
Google Emily’s List to see what they are about everyone and see just who the members of that are!!
Cheers.
September 20, 2011 at 6:02 am
Typical crap from you. Gavin King has LOTS enemies and there is absolutely NO evidence she has been involved in this Crikey story. The reality is King has so many enemies as a result of his unfair attacks on most people in the region there are hundreds of people who are eager to bring him down. I was sent this article by 6 Different people and none of where from Lesina or anyone in the Labor Party.
September 20, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Ummm ….. is the there any background on Gavin King the economically illiterate and clearly innumerate journalist as an ‘investment banker’?
Just curious?