‘Sexist’: Gillard and Albanese condemn ‘ditch the witch’ campaign against Victorian premier

<p>Trucks with billboards depicting phrase alongside Jacinta Allan wearing a black pointed hat have been seen around Melbourne for about six weeks</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2026/jun/08/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-labor-one-nation-coalition-housing-crisis-angus-taylor-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Julia Gillard and Anthony Albanese have joined a chorus of politicians criticising a truck-mounted billboard featuring the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, alongside the phrase “ditch the witch”.</p><p>The billboards,<strong> </strong>which have been seen travelling around Melbourne for about six weeks, also ran AI-generated images of Allan wearing a black pointed hat and with warts on her chin, in between advertisements for a brothel.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/08/julia-gillard-victorian-premier-jacinta-allan-ditch-the-witch-condemned-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>