Australia news live: NSW woman arrested over movements of Dezi Freeman; Hanson’s podcast comments ‘ludicrous’, Labor MP says

Australian politician Pauline Hanson has drawn criticism for appearing on a podcast with far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson, a convicted criminal disowned by many leading figures on the right. Per The Guardian, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called the appearance un-Australian and demanded Hanson return home to apologize, citing her willingness to laugh about multiculturalism on Robinson's show as particularly troubling given Australia's diverse communities.

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