Australia news live: Andrew Hastie says he accepts Barnaby Joyce’s explanation over ‘traitor’ video and Pauline Hanson now ‘the only lying coward’
Australian politician Andrew Hastie has accepted an explanation from Barnaby Joyce regarding a controversial One Nation cartoon that labeled Hastie a traitor. Hastie has shifted his criticism toward Pauline Hanson, calling her the primary source of the misinformation.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions and public disputes between prominent Australian political figures, reflecting the volatile nature of current domestic political discourse.
Andrew Hastie says Barnaby Joyce had reached out about the One Nation cartoon that labelled him a “traitor”.
Hastie had this to say to Guardian Australia this morning:
double quotation mark Barnaby Joyce has reached out to me and explained that he didn’t know about the cartoon that called me a traitor eight times. I accept his explanation. I called him a lying coward because I thought he was protecting Pauline Hanson.
I now know that she is the only lying coward.
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