Defamation trial hears ‘malicious’ text message Pauline Hanson sent former senator’s wife
Brian Burston, who represented One Nation from 2016 to 2018, is suing his former leader for what he says were accusations of sexual harassment against him
Pauline Hanson sent a spiteful" and malicious" text message to the wife of former One Nation senator Brian Burston claiming that he considered her to be an old bag" and was infatuated" with one of his staff members, a court has heard.
A defamation trial brought by Burston against Hanson began in the federal court on Monday over a series of what he argues are allegations of sexual harassment made against him on social media, in interviews and in a text to his wife, Rosalyn.
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