Overview
- Helen Polley, a Tasmanian Labor senator, posted an Anzac Day reel that mixed the national anthem with a 2006 rap track featuring sexual lyrics.
- The clip, which went up Saturday, drew strong criticism from social media users and was removed Monday after media inquiries.
- By the time it was taken down, the reel had more than 11,000 views and about 1,000 shares.
- The video appeared on a second Instagram account linked to the senator, while her verified page carried a traditional tribute set to The Last Post.
- Her spokesman said she has long honored veterans and cited her father’s World War II service with Tasmania’s 2/40th Infantry Battalion.