Hastie's Fight with Hanson Revives the Coalition

It's taken Hanson's overreach on Hastie to put some spine into Liberals

Pauline Hanson refuses to remove a cartoon calling Andrew Hastie a 'traitor, writes Michelle Grattan.

Hastie's fight with Hanson revives the Coalition

Barnaby Joyce has apologised to Andrew Hastie, Pauline Hanson has not. Meanwhile, there are mounting concerns about the global economy.

Hanson's overreach on Hastie kicks Liberals into gear

This week the One Nation leader dug her heels in on two high-risk demonstrations.

Grattan on Friday: it’s taken Hanson’s overreach on Hastie to put some spine into Liberals

Pauline Hanson declared in a recent News24 documentary: “I don’t back down”. This week Hanson and her party followed through, in two high-risk demonstrations of heels firmly dug in. In the face of demands from Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie, Hanson refused to withdraw one of her Please Explain animated cartoons that depicts (in multiple mentions) the decorated former soldier as a “traitor”. On a very different front, One Nation is toughing o…