Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is Aimee Stanton. She’s an Australian entrepreneur, co-founder of the off-grid accommodation company Tiny Stays. She’s also a mother, a wife, a former contestant on Australian Survivor, a TV presenter on Channel 7’s revived Healthy, Wealthy & Wise!, and according to her Instagram, a self-professed “lady tradie”—she’s a qualified plumber. Obviously, she’s very successful.
Before I get started, a bit of a disclaimer: my goal here is not to try to destroy somebody’s life. I’ll be sticking strictly to publicly available information. Thank you to the viewer who sent a lot of this information in.
We all make mistakes and do stupid things sometimes, and I don’t think anybody should be punished forever—except for the most heinous of crimes—but I am here to point out the glaring double standards and hypocrisy of some of our finest institutions.
This is Swinburne University of Technology, a public research university in Melbourne. On their official ‘Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment’ page, they write: “Swinburne commits to preventing all forms of violence, harm and disrespect and providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment to all students, staff and visitors.”
Hold onto that thought; we’re going to need it in a moment.
This is Channel 10’s now-defunct TV show The Project. In 2017, Aimee Stanton appeared on the show after her stint on Australian Survivor and had a bit of a back-and-forth with co-host Tommy Little. She said: “Do you remember me? I could not forget it. I’ve still got the picture on my phone.”
When Tommy asked what happened, she replied: “A few years ago, actually. I went to get a picture with you after the show, and I kind of got dared to grope on to your, um, downstairs region, and you were very shocked. I’ve still got the picture on my phone!” The result? “I got removed by security, and then you blocked me on Facebook.”
The panel had a great laugh about it, including host Carrie Bickmore—who has consistently used her platform to advocate for gender equality and women’s safety. But it seems when a woman touches a man in a private region without his consent, oh, that’s just a bit of fun!
Just to be clear: when I first saw this video, I knew I had to be careful in this day and age of AI-generated content, but this is a matter of public record. You can find it on news sites like News.com.au and Mamamia. It’s worth noting that Mamamia—an outlet with explicit feminist leanings—also essentially laughed off the incident.
Okay, so Ms. Stanton did something stupid when she was young. Well, not only was it stupid—it was immoral and illegal. As we know now, it didn’t stop her from going on to have a very successful career. But what’s this got to do with Swinburne University, I hear you ask?
Well, on their ‘Stories for a brighter tomorrow’ page—where they promote “30 years of people and technology working together to build a better world”—you can find one Aimee Stanton.
Yes, the same university that says sexual harassment is a stain on society also happily has a page dedicated to Ms. Stanton, titled: “Swinburne alum Aimee Stanton survived (and thrived) as a lady tradie.” They note that she competed on Survivor and “became a female plumber.”
Um… I don’t think you become a ‘female plumber’—you just become a ‘plumber.’ But I guess Swinburne thinks that gender is the most impressive part of the qualification.
On Swinburne’s Facebook page, they happily announce “Happy National Tradies Day!” And guess who’s in the picture? Plumbing alum Aimee Stanton, of course. Duh.
They’ve got even more pages dedicated to her on their website, like: “From beauty school to pioneer for women in trades.”
I want to be clear: this isn’t some archived post from ten years ago. This is from September 2025. That is well after her national appearance on The Project, where she admitted to non-consensual touching of a man’s private region.
Since her appearance on The Project was in 2017, the university has had eight years to vet this “pioneer”—yet they continue to use her as a brand ambassador as recently as a few months ago.
Just to make it very clear, on their ‘Preventing Sexual Assault’ page, they state: “Swinburne is proud to be part of the national Respect. Now. Always. initiative.” This initiative aims to prevent ALL sexual assault and harassment, but apparently, only one gender is capable of being the perpetrator.
Obviously, despite their words and their ‘Gender Equality Action Plan’, this was never about equality. This was always about protecting a narrative, even if that narrative is built on a foundation of blatant, sanctimonious hypocrisy.
But hey, as long as the marketing looks good, right?
MUSIC
Allégro by Emmit Fenn
This is Aimee Stanton. She’s an Australian entrepreneur, co-founder of the off-grid accommodation company Tiny Stays. She’s also a mother, a wife, a former contestant on Australian Survivor, a TV presenter on Channel 7’s revived Healthy, Wealthy & Wise!, and according to her Instagram, a self-professed “lady tradie”—she’s a qualified plumber. Obviously, she’s very successful.
Before I get started, a bit of a disclaimer: my goal here is not to try to destroy somebody’s life. I’ll be sticking strictly to publicly available information. Thank you to the viewer who sent a lot of this information in.
We all make mistakes and do stupid things sometimes, and I don’t think anybody should be punished forever—except for the most heinous of crimes—but I am here to point out the glaring double standards and hypocrisy of some of our finest institutions.
This is Swinburne University of Technology, a public research university in Melbourne. On their official ‘Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment’ page, they write: “Swinburne commits to preventing all forms of violence, harm and disrespect and providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment to all students, staff and visitors.”
Hold onto that thought; we’re going to need it in a moment.
This is Channel 10’s now-defunct TV show The Project. In 2017, Aimee Stanton appeared on the show after her stint on Australian Survivor and had a bit of a back-and-forth with co-host Tommy Little. She said: “Do you remember me? I could not forget it. I’ve still got the picture on my phone.”
When Tommy asked what happened, she replied: “A few years ago, actually. I went to get a picture with you after the show, and I kind of got dared to grope on to your, um, downstairs region, and you were very shocked. I’ve still got the picture on my phone!” The result? “I got removed by security, and then you blocked me on Facebook.”
The panel had a great laugh about it, including host Carrie Bickmore—who has consistently used her platform to advocate for gender equality and women’s safety. But it seems when a woman touches a man in a private region without his consent, oh, that’s just a bit of fun!
Just to be clear: when I first saw this video, I knew I had to be careful in this day and age of AI-generated content, but this is a matter of public record. You can find it on news sites like News.com.au and Mamamia. It’s worth noting that Mamamia—an outlet with explicit feminist leanings—also essentially laughed off the incident.
Okay, so Ms. Stanton did something stupid when she was young. Well, not only was it stupid—it was immoral and illegal. As we know now, it didn’t stop her from going on to have a very successful career. But what’s this got to do with Swinburne University, I hear you ask?
Well, on their ‘Stories for a brighter tomorrow’ page—where they promote “30 years of people and technology working together to build a better world”—you can find one Aimee Stanton.
Yes, the same university that says sexual harassment is a stain on society also happily has a page dedicated to Ms. Stanton, titled: “Swinburne alum Aimee Stanton survived (and thrived) as a lady tradie.” They note that she competed on Survivor and “became a female plumber.”
Um… I don’t think you become a ‘female plumber’—you just become a ‘plumber.’ But I guess Swinburne thinks that gender is the most impressive part of the qualification.
On Swinburne’s Facebook page, they happily announce “Happy National Tradies Day!” And guess who’s in the picture? Plumbing alum Aimee Stanton, of course. Duh.
They’ve got even more pages dedicated to her on their website, like: “From beauty school to pioneer for women in trades.”
I want to be clear: this isn’t some archived post from ten years ago. This is from September 2025. That is well after her national appearance on The Project, where she admitted to non-consensual touching of a man’s private region.
Since her appearance on The Project was in 2017, the university has had eight years to vet this “pioneer”—yet they continue to use her as a brand ambassador as recently as a few months ago.
Just to make it very clear, on their ‘Preventing Sexual Assault’ page, they state: “Swinburne is proud to be part of the national Respect. Now. Always. initiative.” This initiative aims to prevent ALL sexual assault and harassment, but apparently, only one gender is capable of being the perpetrator.
Obviously, despite their words and their ‘Gender Equality Action Plan’, this was never about equality. This was always about protecting a narrative, even if that narrative is built on a foundation of blatant, sanctimonious hypocrisy.
But hey, as long as the marketing looks good, right?
MUSIC
Allégro by Emmit Fenn
