
1. Bizarre scenes unfold in Parliament as Pauline Hanson accused of sexual harassment.
EXCLUSIVE: Brian Burston and James Ashby have clashed at Parliament House following claims of alleged sexual harassment involving Pauline Hanson https://t.co/uANhp6deRt @Chambersgc
— The Australian (@australian) February 13, 2019
Pauline Hanson has laughed off claims she sexually harassed United Australia Party Senator Brian Burston, saying “I’m not desperate”.
But it was no laughing matter for Senator Burston who was involved in a physical clash with her One Nation adviser James Ashby in Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.
The Australian newspaper published images showing the pair in a physical clash on Wednesday night, after Senator Burston had earlier accused One Nation leader Pauline Hanson of sexually harassing him.
Senator Burston told News Corp Australia Mr Ashby ran up to him as he and his wife were leaving a dinner function and Mr Ashby, Ms Hanson’s chief of staff, put a phone close to his face.
An image supplied by Senator Burston appeared to show his hand with blood on it from cuts the senator said happened when he tried to grab Mr Ashby’s phone.
“I told him to f*** off,” Senator Burston told News Corp, adding that he tried unsuccessfully to grab the phone.
Senator Burston said Mr Ashby pursued him and his wife.
“I lost it,” the senator said.
“I grabbed him and I pushed him up against the wall.”
Senator Burston said he had reported the incident to Australian Federal Police.
He denied involvement with bloody marks that were found on Ms Hanson’s office door.
Mr Ashby said the senator’s claims were false and he had been trying to take images of Senator Hanson leaving the same function when Senator Burston attacked him.
The furore erupted after Senator Hanson on Tuesday night used parliamentary privilege to accuse an unnamed senator of sexually harassing at least six staff, and using taxpayer funds for payouts to keep some of the women silent.
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this 'new' thing of pauline isnt that new. rumours were rife 20 years ago about her wanting to get hers where and when she could and tried to use her position to get her way
She infamously slept with David Oldfield.
obv theres that but she was rumoured to be trying to get it by her position. the oldfield was a two way street the rumours about using her position show a darker side of her sexuality
1 - Those kooky old extreme-right types get up to some mischief don't they ?
I've always thought of politics as a "nice little earner" for some people - particularly the crackpots who somehow manage to creep into parliament.
They're obviously a reflection of their supporters ie. NOT us...........lol
4 - FGM is a cultural and religious form of child abuse which must NEVER be tolerated in Australia or anywhere else.
Of course "God" is usually evoked by these criminals but I have to wonder just what it is that these cruel zealots are actually praying to.
Removing those poor little girls from that family to a place of safety has to be a priority.
You think Pauline is extreme-right? Im a moderate conservative and I vote for her.
well youre a moderate tory who votes a long, loooonnnng way away from moderate
If you vote for Hanson you are the polar opposite of a moderate conservative. You are ultra far right. You don't seem to understand what moderate means.
She's the Australian version of the blind nationalism that in the Middle East goes by names like "ISIS" and "The Taliban."