Australian MP criticises news outlet for ‘sexist’ image editing to make outfit more revealing

“Let’s be clear – this is not something that happens to my male colleagues,” she said.

Georgie Purcell has hit out after the Photoshopping of one of her images to give her larger breasts and expose her midriff. Picture: Nine News/Darren Howe

Australian politician Georgie Purcell has lashed Nine News in Melbourne for using an image edited to make her breasts look bigger and expose her midriff, which the network blamed on “automation by Photoshop”.

But Adobe has cast doubt on Nine News’s claim about its software, after the network broadcast the image during Monday night’s bulletin.