Pauline Hanson wins appeal against $250,000 defamation finding awarded to Brian Burston

Burston, a one-time senator for One Nation, was ordered to pay his former leader's legal costs for the initial defamation case and appeal

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Pauline Hanson has had a legal victory after overturning $250,000 in defamation damages awarded after she made claims about the conduct of a former New South Wales senator in her One Nation party.

Hanson was ordered to pay damages in October after the federal court said her comments on Nine's Today program in March 2019 were seriously damaging" to Brian Burston's reputation.