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Australian senator Pauline Hanson is facing criticism for appearing on a podcast with far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson, a convicted criminal. The Guardian reports that Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called the appearance un-Australian and demanded Hanson return home and apologize. Hanson-Young told the ABC that Hanson was 'laughing on his show about multiculturalism' and branded Robinson a 'criminal thug.'

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