Annastacia Palaszczuk reached out to Jacinta Allan over ‘demeaning’ Herald Sun cartoon

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says of the cartoon of her Victorian counterpart: ‘I’ve reached out to Jacinta because I thought it was very unfair. It was distasteful.’ Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP

Australia’s longest-serving current premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, says female leaders continue to be scrutinised differently from their male counterparts as she criticised a “deplorable” cartoon of the new Victorian premier.

The cartoon, published in the Herald Sun this week, depicted the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, as a nude catwalk model. The image used some pixellation and was paired with the caption: “From the Commonwealth Games cancellation … the premier’s new clothes.”