A federal court judge has accused James Ashby of being “evasive” during his evidence in a defamation trial between his boss Pauline Hanson and former One Nation senator Brian Burston.
Ashby, Hanson’s longtime chief of staff, was called to give evidence on Tuesday over his role in what Burston claims were a series of allegations of sexual harassment made against him on social media, in interviews and in a text to his wife, Rosalyn.