A COMEDIAN'S off-colour remarks about Tony Abbott and his female chief of staff has led to a rebuke of a major union from Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
The joke at a CFMEU dinner last night was unacceptable, the Prime Minister said today.
She was not at the dinner when the comment about Mr Abbott and his chief adviser Peta Credlin was made by a comedian known as Fair Go For Billionaires.
"I was not in attendance when these remarks were made at the CFMEU dinner last night but I did hear this morning that offensive remarks had been made,'' Ms Gillard said.
"Let me be very clear on the reports - to me the remarks that were made are deeply offensive. They are wrong. The comments should never have been made. It was wrong for them to have been made and offensive for them to have been made.
"In those circumstances as soon as I possibly could I rang the national secretary of the CFMEU and indicated that I thought these comments were offensive.''
Ms Gillard said that "clearly there is no place for offensive comments of this nature''.
The battle over who is sexist continued in Parliament House today but Mr Abbott was given strong backing by Malcolm Turnbull who said there was no evidence the Opposition Leader treated women badly.
The shadow communications minister who regularly rates as more popular than Mr Abbott in polls said the Opposition Leader was "doing a very good job''.
"I don't see how you can reasonably say on the basis of the objective evidence that this is a man who either hates women or treats women with less respect than he treats men,'' said Mr Turnbull.
The Turnbull endorsement came as the Government renewed its attacks on Mr Abbott for sexism and claims he dislikes women.
He said the accusations were not "washing'' with the public: "What is the objective evidence for the proposition that Tony Abbott hates women or treats women with a lack of respect?'' he told the TEN network.
Mr Turnbull said he would "struggle to see why they pursue it''.
He urged Mr Abbott to be authentic'' to convince voters.
"Tony Abbott is who he is. He's a very well known public figure. He's been around a long time. And people can fork a judgement on him.''
The Prime Minister said she would continue to "call out sexism and misogyny where I see it''.
"And I made that point very clearly in the Parliament on (Tuesday), as for the reaction that's a matter for the people who have reacted. That was my purpose,'' she said.
"I believe Mr Abbott should be held to account for the things he said in public life. What I referred to on Tuesday actually, when the House first sat. What I referred to in the House on Tuesday weren't ancient statements. They weren't statements that he's made at private events.''
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