# Andrew Hastie calls Hanson and Joyce ‘lying cowards’ over One Nation ‘traitor’ cartoon

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-09 05:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/andrew-hastie-accuses-pauline-hanson-and-barnaby-joyce-of-being-lying-cowards-over-one-nation-traitor-cartoon-ntwnfb

> Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie says a One Nation cartoon posted by Pauline Hanson portrayed him as a traitor eight times after he testified against Ben Roberts-Smith in his failed defamation case against Nine newspapers. Hastie called Hanson and Barnaby Joyce “lying cowards”; both denied calling him a traitor.