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Pauline Hanson ordered to pay former colleague Brian Burston $250,000 over sex abuse allegation

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been ordered to pay former senator Brian Burston $250,000 over a defamatory television interview in which she falsely alleged he sexually abused a female staffer in his office.

Mr Burston, who quit the party in 2018, sued Ms Hanson in the Federal Court, claiming she accused him of sexual harassment on social media, in a text message to his wife and in the interview.

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