Liberal frontbencher and SAS veteran Andrew Hastie has voiced his support for independent senator and fellow veteran Jacquie Lambie after she was mocked for a medical condition in One Nation's 'Please Explain' video cartoon series.
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The latest episode features an animated Lambie complaining she 'can't laugh because of my prolapsed vagina'.
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Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie had revealed in August she had a vaginal and bladder prolapse requiring surgery and five months of leave, during an impassioned speech criticising a proposed cap on returned-service healthcare.
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She said the condition developed as a result of a back injury, sustained during her time serving in the army.
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Speaking on the ABC's Afternoon Briefing Hastie labelled the cartoon of Lambie as an example of 'MAGA-style politics' and branded it 'cheap, vulgar and nasty'.
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He said he has a sense of humour, but that taking cheap shots at fellow MPs or any other person's medical wasn't funny.
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He also labelled her a 'hypocrite' and pointed out that when billionaire mining tycoon and Hanson supporter Gina Rinehart was recently the subject of a trashy joke on an ABC program suggesting she should be attacked, Hanson was furious.
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Labor frontbencher Tim Ayres and independent MP Monique Ryan, who is a medical doctor, joined Senator Lambie in condemning the video on Monday.
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SAS veteran and MP Andrew Hastie slammed Pauline Hanson over her 'Please Explain' cartoon that targetted fellow veteran Jacqui Lambie after calling him a 'traitor' in a previous episode
Pauline Hanson said Lambie should 'lighten up' after the cartoon poked fun at her medical condition she suffered while serving the country
Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said 'making fun of women's health concerns isn't satire.
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson defended the cartoon, telling Lambie to 'lighten up.
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It is actually satirical,' she told reporters in Senator Lambie's home state of Tasmania.
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'Have a good look at it, have a bit of a laugh, Jacqui, and lighten up.'
Senator Hanson has copped heat for another one of her Please Explain cartoons, which labelled Liberal frontbencher and former Special Air Services soldier Andrew Hastie a traitor and was met with widespread consternation.
Senator Lambie, who is under pressure from the anti-immigration party in Tasmania, hit out at the One Nation leader on that occasion, calling her a 'lying coward' and branding the cartoon series 'full of bloody violence'.
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A video of the press conference posted to Senator Hanson's social media is captioned 'take a chill pill'.
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She added the video had probably opened viewers' eyes to the condition affecting her Senate colleague as well as one in 12 women, helping spread awareness.
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Lambie previously revealed the medical condition in an effort to raise awareness
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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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'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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The cartoon poked fun at Lambie who is seen in the episode with Senator Penny Wong
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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'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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