Jacqui Lambie has lashed out at One Nation after the party published a cartoon referencing her vaginal prolapse, accusing Pauline Hanson of spreading 'hatred' and 'spitefulness' while Australians grapple with cost-of-living pressures.
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The Tasmanian senator condemned the cartoon in an ABC Radio National interview on Monday, saying Australians deserved better from their political leaders.
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'There are people out there hurting and, quite frankly, they don't need the nastiness,' Lambie said.
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'If you want to get on social media and watch Pauline Hanson's cartoons, then be my guest.
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If you want more hatred and more spitefulness in your life, then please do so.'
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The cartoon, published to Pauline Hanson's social media accounts on Saturday, depicts Lambie as backing the government's proposed digital duty of care, intended to strengthen online protections for children and give users greater control over the content they encounter.
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The video portrays the proposed changes as a crackdown on free speech, with Lambie's character declaring that One Nation's animated series has 'gotta go'.
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'Oh, I hear it's funny sometimes,' a caricature of Senator Penny Wong says.
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'No, it's not, plus I can't laugh because of my prolapsed vagina,' Lambie replies.
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Jacqui Lambie (pictured) condemned One Nation for mocking her health issues in a cartoon
The cartoon of Jacqui Lambie (pictured) mocks the Tasmania Senator's 'prolapsed vagina'
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'Oh, don't tell me they've made fun of that, have they?'
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a caricature of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
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'No, that'd be very distasteful,' Lambie's character replies.
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In response to the cartoon, Lambie argued the video crossed a line by making light of a serious medical condition affecting women.
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'What I do know is this: decent leaders don't stir up hatred, pushing us towards bloody anarchy, because that's exactly what she's doing,' she told ABC Radio National.
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'All you're going to end up seeing is rioting and looting on our streets.
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I just don't understand how that solves the problems in the room, because it does nothing.'
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Lambie has previously spoken publicly about experiencing a vaginal prolapse and has used her experience to encourage women to seek treatment and speak openly about health conditions often considered taboo.
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Asked whether she had contacted Hanson or One Nation to request that the cartoon be removed, Lambie said she had not, but suggested those close to the party leader should intervene.
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'I would've thought that if those people, and especially those men in there, had any front whatsoever, what they'd do is ask her to remove it effective immediately,' she said.
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Lambie said that Pauline Hanson (pictured) 'crossed a line' over mocking her health condition
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She's dragging all those other men around her into it too.
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'If you think it's a laughable matter about women having problems with their reproductive system, then be my guest and stand by her,' she said.
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Labor frontbencher Tim Ayres also defended Lambie on Monday, condemning the cartoon on the Today show.
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The Industry and Innovation Minister said the video unfairly targeted a health condition experienced by many Australian women.
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There's tens of thousands of Australian women who battle with health conditions like this one,' Ayres said.
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'To be smashed up by some cheap, nasty bit of political propaganda run out by Pauline Hanson.'
Ayres also praised Lambie for continuing to work as a senator despite her health issues.
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'Jacqui's also been turning up to do her job every day through excruciating pain.'
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Daily Mail contacted One Nation leader Pauline Hanson for comment.
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