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Brendan Clift, Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne

Robert Irwin wanted to sue One Nation for using his likeness. We don’t really have laws for that

Pauline Hanson's Please Explain/YouTube

Robert Irwin, son of Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin, recently threatened to sue a video production company if they didn’t take down an episode in One Nation’s “Please Explain” animated video series. It depicted him – together with canine sidekick Bluey – spruiking the virtues of Queensland as they crumble around him.

But several days after the deadline imposed by Irwin’s legal team, the video remains live and there’s no sign of legal proceedings. One Nation is harvesting political capital from the spat.

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