A topless protester flashed the prime minister and a cheeky hairdresser offered him an eyebrow wax as John Howard continued his election campaign through marginal West Australian seats today. The protester, Karina Castin, smeared in fake blood and wearing a black headscarf, lifted up a large placard reading "Blood of Iraqi children" to expose her bare breasts as Mr Howard and his wife Janette arrived at a business lunch in Perth.
| "This is the blood of Iraqi children! These are my honkers!" |
She was chased by a policewoman who tried to cover her body with a blue police T-shirt before she was eventually cornered and encouraged to put a shirt on. "I wanted to shock and horrify him," Ms Castin said. Mr Howard did not appear to notice.
"Janette, those were the ugliest honkers I've ever seen! I was shocked and horrified!"
"I told you not to look, John!" |
The prime minister has spent this week campaigning in marginal seats in Adelaide and Perth. It was his image, not his policies, that drew attention when he poked his head into a hair and beauty salon. "We do eyebrow waxes," the owner called out cheekily, prompting the prime minister to reply: "Maybe next time." Mr Howard bought tickets in Saturday night's $19 million Lotto superdraw and shook hands with cleaners during the street walk in suburban Forrestfield |