Is Andrew Hastie launching a Coalition fightback against One Nation? - podcast

As One Nation squeezes the Liberal vote, Andrew Hastie’s clash with Pauline Hanson over a video calling him a traitor has exposed deep faultlines across the Australia’s political right. So is the MP becoming the face of the Liberal party fightback against One Nation? And what does this battle mean for the former SAS captain’s political ambitions?
Reged Ahmad and Guardian Australia’s political editor Tom McIlroy discuss whether Hastie is building a platform to challenge Angus Taylor for the Liberal leadership Read more : Hastie accepts apology from Joyce over ‘traitor’ cartoon as Hanson doubles down and tells critics to ‘chill’ Andrew Hastie provided a furious alternative to kowtowing to One Nation. Will it stick? Tony Abbott says it would be ‘right’ for One Nation to remove cartoon labelling Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’
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