Gaffe-prone Prime Minister Tony Abbott was also among the recipients, taking the "The Clinton" category for repeat offences.[break]
The politics award went to his conservative colleague Mal Brough for naming a quail dish on a menu at an election fundraiser after ex-premier Julia Gillard due to its "small breasts, huge thighs and a big red box".
But Wesley College, among several prestigious church-run residential dormitories at Sydney University accused of sexual harassment and wild initiation rituals in recent years, won the traditional "boo-off" at Wednesday night´s gala dinner in Sydney.
Their gold Ernie was awarded for claims from an ex-student, published last November, that residents of the college handed out beer holders with the slogan "It´s not rape if it´s my birthday" during campus orientation week.
Ernies founder Meredith Burgmann said the past two years of the awards had been "the worst I can remember" in 21 years due to Gillard´s appointment as prime minister, with many of the nominations and a number of the winning remarks about her.
"The sheer vitriol of some of the attacks on Julia Gillard is hard to stomach," said Burgmann. "The Mal Brough menu was a particularly worthy winner."
Fairfax journalist Paul Sheehan won the media Ernie for a piece about Gillard´s famous misogyny speech in parliament in which he described her as "snarling" and noted that Abbott -- then her opponent and the target of her remarks -- "unlike the prime minister, has raised three daughters".
Radio shock jock Alan Jones took "The Fred" prize for faux pas by a celebrity for claiming Gillard´s elderly father had "died from shame" -- remarks that, when echoed in parliament by Abbott, triggered her furious sexism speech.
Abbott´s "Clinton" prize, named after former US president Bill Clinton, came after he was nominated for 11 separate remarks reflecting what Burgmann described as outdated and old-fashioned views about women.
They included saying a candidate´s "sex appeal" should win her votes and his daughters would live at home "until such time as they get married".
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