Jacqui Lambie walks back support for Pauline Hanson tweet as race row continues

After initially applauding Hanson's attack on Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, the Tasmanian senator has qualified her stance

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Jacqui Lambie has walked back her support for Pauline Hanson in a war of words over the Queen's death that has sparked accusations of racism.

Lambie now claims she did not agree with the language used when the One Nation leader told a fellow senator to piss off back to Pakistan", but continued to blame Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi for disgraceful" comments about the Queen's death.