Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has labelled One Nation senators "lying cowards" and criticised Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce over a cartoon that accused him of a "traitor". He made the comments during a doorstop appearance in Canberra on Wednesday.
The remarks deepened his public dispute with One Nation. The dispute centres on the cartoon and the criticism aimed at Hanson and Joyce. Hastie took on Hanson over it. He also stepped up his attacks on One Nation senators during the Canberra appearance. The accusation remains the main point of the dispute.