The Ernie Award is a unique Australian gong award for comments deemed to be sexist by prominent people. It's named after Ernie Ecob when he said "Women aren't welcome in the shearing shed - they're only after sex" which is why there is a sheep on top of the Gold Ernie. The awards night is in celebration of him resigning from the Labor Council of NSW. There is also an Elaine award reserved for women who make comments considered to be unhelpful to the sisterhood - it's called the Elaine, named after Elaine Nile and the Clinton award for repeat offenders.
A dinner is held every year for 400 women and the winner is determined by the person who receives the loudest booing and hissing when their sexist comment is read out. Last night Tony Abbott won the silver Ernie for his comment "Housewives of Australia need to understand as they do their ironing .....". But the well bred, well heeled university gentlemen of St Paul's College in Sydney took the gold Ernie for setting up a pro-rape Facebook page last November. Tony Abbott also took out the Clinton award for repeat offenders. Joe Hockey won for his comment "Wayne Swan is to surpluses is what Paris Hilton is to celibacy."
Former David Jones CEO Mark McInnes shared this year's Industrial Ernie with mining magnate Clive Palmer. McInnes said his former secretary was "over-reacting" when he touched her breast. Clive Palmer got his for saying to a heavily pregnant Tanya Plibersek on the panel of Q and A "You shouldn't get too excited in your fragile condition".
The Elaine, was taken out by ABC radio presenter Genevieve Jacobs when she asked Tanya Plibersek "Do you feel bad that other people are raising your children?" Ouch!
Last year's gold Ernie went to Pastor Danny Nalliah who blamed the Black Saturday bushfires on Victoria's abortion laws.
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