Judge rebukes Pauline Hanson staffer James Ashby for being ‘evasive’ during defamation trial

One Nation senator's chief of staff told court he didn't want to appear evasive' and eventually said Senate speech was a warning to Brian Burston after presiding justice accused him of avoiding the question

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A federal court judge has accused James Ashby of being evasive" during his evidence in a defamation trial between his boss Pauline Hanson and former One Nation senator Brian Burston.

Ashby, Hanson's longtime chief of staff, was called to give evidence on Tuesday over his role in what Burston claims were a series of allegations of sexual harassment made against him on social media, in interviews and in a text to his wife, Rosalyn.

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