Andrew Hastie accuses Pauline Hanson of being ‘Maga first’ – as it happened
Speaking to a Nine newspapers podcast, Hanson suggested America’s war on Iran would be a success “if we can get the strait of Hormuz open, and we get the oil supply”.Shadow minister Andrew Hastie. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPHastie criticised the One Nation leader’s stance.He said: double quotation markOur first loyalty must be to the Australian people. Not to international institutions, not to ideology like Maga – but to the Australian people, first and foremost.
- ▪Speaking to a Nine newspapers podcast, Hanson suggested America’s war on Iran would be a success “if we can get the strait of Hormuz open, and we get the oil supply”.Shadow minister Andrew Hastie.
- ▪Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPHastie criticised the One Nation leader’s stance.He said: double quotation markOur first loyalty must be to the Australian people.
- ▪Not to international institutions, not to ideology like Maga – but to the Australian people, first and foremost.
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02.00 EDTLiberal MP claims Pauline Hanson is ‘Maga first’Josh ButlerLiberal shadow minister Andrew Hastie has accused One Nation’s Pauline Hanson of being “Maga first”, intensifying the standoff between the two conservative parties.Hastie also urged Australia to be “frank” with the United States, saying President Donald Trump’s operation had not gone to plan.In comments first made to the Nine newspapers, Hastie was critical of Hanson for not speaking more strongly against the effects of the US war on Iran, and how repercussions were being felt by Australians. Speaking to a Nine newspapers podcast, Hanson suggested America’s war on Iran would be a success “if we can get the strait of Hormuz open, and we get the oil supply”.Shadow minister Andrew Hastie.
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