Senator Pauline Hanson responded with a personal attack when Guardian Australia senior reporter Sarah Martin questioned her about her daughter Lee Hanson's employment at the National Press Club. Martin asked: 'Taxpayers are paying more than $150,000 a year for your daughter to seemingly campaign full-time in Tasmania, while employed as a political adviser for a New South Wales senator. Did you have any role in appointing her to that position?'
Hanson's Accusations
Hanson accused Martin of having an 'obsession' with her, her party, and Gina Rinehart. She defended her daughter, stating that Lee Hanson was hired on her own merit.
Background
The question follows revelations that Pauline Hanson's daughter is employed in a taxpayer-funded job with NSW One Nation senator. Hanson recently delivered a National Press Club speech where she argued that Australia 'must be monocultural.'
