{
  "id": 6406493,
  "title": "Andrew Hastie denounces Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce as ‘lying cowards’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/andrew-hastie-denounces-pauline-hanson-and-barnaby-joyce-as-lying",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:54:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
    "slug": "the-conversation-au",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/andrew-hastie-denounces-pauline-hanson-and-barnaby-joyce-as-lying-cowards-291554"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has attacked One Nation's Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce, labeling them \"lying cowards\" for alleging Hastie is a \"traitor to his country\". The controversy began after Hanson posted an animated cartoon on July 23rd, which eight times called Hastie a traitor. Last week, Hanson told News24 she hadn't called Hastie a traitor and that the cartoon was a form of satire. However, Hastie is adamant that he did testify against Ben Roberts-Smith and support hate speech legislation, denying the accusations. He has called on Hanson and Joyce to either admit their accusations are false or remove the cartoon from her X account.",
  "summary": "The attack comes after One Nation published a cartoon that makes referenced to Hastie as a “traitor”.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}