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Prominent One Nation Senate candidate Steve Dickson has been embroiled in another scandal after being filmed touching a dancer in a strip club while on a night out in Washington DC.
Key points:
- Steve Dickson asked a dancer to touch him, which she refused
- Mr Dickson went on to slip money into another dancer’s lingerie
- The married politician has not responded to a request for comment on the footage
The vision was recorded during an undercover investigation by Al Jazeera but aired for the first time by Nine’s A Current Affair on Monday.
It was filmed as part of the same operation which last month revealed Mr Dickson and party advisor James Ashby travelled to the US last year seeking campaign help from lobby groups like the National Rifle Association (NRA).
The newly released recordings showed Mr Dickson talking about the dancers with fake gun rights advocate Rodger Muller in the Washington club.
“I reckon we watch this ***** dance hey, she’s hot,” he said.
Another segment shows him talking with a dancer after slipping money into her lingerie.
“You need to slide your hand on my ****,” he said to the dancer.
“Right now?” she asked.
“Yeah absolutely,” he responded.
“I can’t do that sorry, they’ll probably notice.”
Mr Dickson also appears in front of a pole dancer while sliding money into her underwear.
The married career politician did not respond to ABC News following Nine’s broadcast.
Dickson’s unprompted reference to strip clubs
Last month during a press conference about Al Jazeera’s initial documentary release, Mr Dickson made reference to strip clubs without being prompted.
“I will put my hand on my heart — I’ve drunk as a young man,” he said.
“I’ve been to strip clubs, probably done a lot of things most young men have done in this country.
“I understand that — I won’t hold that against any human being.
“When we finish work I’m like everybody and I should have that right as you should have that right.”
During that same press conference, Mr Dickson indicated his political future was unclear, slamming Al Jazeera and saying the Middle Eastern broadcaster had “infiltrated Australian politics”.
“I may never get this opportunity again,” he said.
“I don’t know whether or not I want to stay in politics after this episode.
“It frustrates me — I’m going to possibly tell the truth, I am going out the door.
“100 per cent they have tried to nail me.”
At the time, Mr Ashby also called on Al Jazeera to release the full extent of their recordings, calling their reporting “a sham”.
“Release the vision in full,” he said.
“Allow the people of this country to be able to see exactly what was said.
“The context that they have released is completely wrong.”
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