Australia news live: One Nation policy has ‘a bit of cray cray’, says Nationals senator Ross Cadell; Telstra Senate inquiry begins

Pauline Hanson, leader of Australia's One Nation party, has drawn sharp criticism after appearing on a podcast with far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson, a convicted criminal. The Guardian reports the two discussed Australian multiculturalism, prompting Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young to call Hanson un-Australian and demand that she return home and apologize for lending legitimacy to what Hanson-Young called a criminal thug.

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