Hastie breaks with Hanson over 'traitor' feud; Labor defends social media algorithm opt-out
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie says One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is 'not the person I thought she was' after she released a video calling him a traitor.
Andrew Hastie challenged Pauline Hanson on Thursday to explain her stance on executing prisoners on the battlefield, continuing a week-long parliamentary feud. Hanson's One Nation party released a cartoon video in late July labeling the former SAS captain a "traitor" following his testimony against Ben Roberts-Smith in the ex-soldier's failed defamation trial.
"I've always been respectful of Pauline. I've tried to build a relationship with her in the past, and it's been good," Hastie told reporters. "And then she came for me and I started to see, OK, this is not the person I thought she was." Meanwhile, Labor defended its push for an "opt out" mechanism on social media algorithms, with a government figure stating the policy aims to change big tech's behavior by affecting their "social licence" rather than imposing individual mandates.
Sources
- Australia news live: Hanson ‘not the person I thought she was’, Hastie says; Labor defends ‘opt out’ push for social media algorithms — The Guardian — World
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