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Former senator Cory Bernardi is One Nation’s latest recruit
Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff has been teasing major defections, and there’s still speculation SA Senator Alex Antic may make the switch.
- Paul Sakkal
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Hanson fails to declare interests including company tied to ‘anti-woke’ movie
The Queensland senator, whose One Nation party is riding high in the polls, has undeclared involvement in three companies.
- Patrick Begley
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Next, a Hanson-branded sandwich press and more defectors to follow Barnaby Joyce
Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff, James Ashby, claims that a couple of “big names” will be joining in the new year.
- James Massola
Latham alleges Hanson and chief of staff laundered taxpayer funds
“The Ashby cash economy”: Former One Nation leader Mark Latham has accused Pauline Hanson and her chief of staff James Ashby of attempting to launder taxpayer funds.
- Max Maddison
Sexual harasser should not receive one cent in defamation case: Pauline Hanson
Former senator Brian Burston should not receive damages after a judge found he sexually harassed two staff members but did not sexually abuse them, a court heard.
- Michaela Whitbourn
James Ashby loses $4.5m court appeal involving former boss Peter Slipper
Ashby is now Pauline Hanson’s chief-of-staff, but worked previously as media adviser for former parliamentary speaker Slipper.
- Toby Crockford
Social media giants pull One Nation satire video over voter fraud claims
TikTok and Facebook removed the video, which is part of One Nation’s edgy but widely popular Please Explain series, for breaching their election misinformation policies.
- Nick Bonyhady
James Ashby loses part of case seeking payment of $4.5 million legal expenses
Mr Ashby asked the Commonwealth for an “act of grace” payment to cover legal expenses incurred in his case against Peter Slipper.
- Georgina Mitchell
James Ashby sues Commonwealth over $4 million legal bill in Slipper case
Pauline Hanson's chief-of-staff is suing the Commonwealth to recover almost $4 million he incurred in legal costs pursuing his former boss Peter Slipper in court.
- Michaela Whitbourn
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ABC chair Ita Buttrose says her staff are 'fragile, sensitive, in need of reassurance'
"They're a little more fragile than some workers. They have to be patted a bit, and reassured that all is well."
- Michael Koziol and Samantha Hutchinson