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Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Will Nicholas

'Lighten up': Hanson to senator over vulgar cartoon

One Nation's Pauline Hanson has defended a cartoon mocking a senator's health struggles as satire. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

A senator mocked about a serious health condition by a One Nation cartoon has been told to "lighten up" and "take a chill pill" by the party's leader.

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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