Jacqui Lambie condemns One Nation cartoon mocking her prolapse as Pauline Hanson tells her to lighten up
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age reported on 19 October that Senator Jacqui Lambie said enough is enough after One Nation released a cartoon that mocks her prolapse. ABC News said the cartoon is part of Pauline Hanson's Please Explain series and criticises the Digital Duty of Care legislation. Lambie called it nasty and divisive, according to ABC News. The New Daily reported that Hanson told Lambie to lighten up. Lambie had revealed the condition in a Senate speech in August, and has linked it to her army service, ABC News said. 1News reported that Labor, the Coalition and crossbenchers condemned the cartoon, and that Monique Ryan praised Lambie's courage and honesty.
Hanson's cartoons are a regular campaign tool for One Nation, and this one turns a senator's disclosed medical condition into a joke, which shifts the argument from policy to conduct. Cross-party condemnation matters because it shows how far parties are willing to go in distancing themselves from One Nation as it competes for votes.
If you follow federal politics, expect the cartoon to feature in the next Senate sitting and in debate about online safety law. Women who have spoken about pelvic health may also see their own experience in the way the issue is being argued.
Lambie and her supporters say mocking a veteran's injury crosses a line and that the cartoon fuels division, as ABC News and the Sydney Morning Herald report.
Hanson, reported by The New Daily, rejects the criticism and says Lambie should lighten up, framing the cartoon as satire of a bill she opposes.
Confirmed: the cartoon exists, Lambie objected, Hanson refused to retreat, and other parties criticised it. Not confirmed: whether the video will be removed or whether any parliamentary action follows. Watch today for responses from Barnaby Joyce and the Coalition leadership.
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