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Hanson to pay $250k for defaming former Hunter senator Brian Burston

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson will have to pay $250,000 in damages after defaming former senator Brian Burston despite a judge finding he sexually harassed female staff.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 19, 2022

Pauline Hanson to pay $250k for defamation

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has to pay $250,000 for defaming ex-senator Brian Burston, but he still faces her sexual discrimination case against him.

AAP · Oct 18, 2022

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

Mr McClintock said the text message Senator Hanson sent to Mr Burston's wife on Valentine's Day showed she "detested my client and wanted to do him harm".

Newcastle Herald · Jun 15, 2022

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Former Hunter senator 'serial text pest', One Nation staffer tells court

Mr Burston's barrister Bruce McClintock SC asked One Nation chief of staff James Ashby if it was appropriate to call his client a "traitorous c***" in a response.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 14, 2022

Ashby says Brian Burston was a 'text pest'

One Nation chief of staff James Ashby testified that Brian Burston had a revolving door of staff who he allegedly sexually harassed and then unfairly dismissed.

AAP · Jun 14, 2022

Former Hunter senator Brian Burston made "filthy" offer of sex to staffer, court hears

Former Hunter senator Brian Burston offered to console a distraught staffer with the best sex of her life, his defamation trial has been told.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 10, 2022

Senator offered staffer sex, trial told

Brian Burston sacked a staffer after she told him to stop his infatuation with a colleague he had described as "hot", a defamation trial has been told.

AAP · Jun 10, 2022

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Burston 'sexualised, humiliated' worker

Former One Nation senator Brian Burston's staffer has testified at the defamation trial he launched that he regularly sexually harassed her.

AAP · Jun 9, 2022

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