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Text message to wife shows Hanson meant to do Burston harm: court

Pauline Hanson detested her former colleague Brian Burston and tried to seriously harm his reputation, a court heard in the final day of a defamation hearing.

Mr Burston is suing the One Nation leader for defamation, saying she accused him of sexual harassment on social media, via a text message to his wife and during a television interview.

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