One Nation’s employment of convicted rapist makes it ‘very hard’ to take party seriously, Liberal senator says

James Paterson calls decision by Pauline Hanson’s party to rehire Sean Black ‘absolutely extraordinary’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Liberal senator James Paterson has criticised the “absolutely extraordinary” decision by Pauline Hanson’s political party to keep a convicted rapist on staff, saying it’s “very hard to take One Nation seriously”. Sean Black, who in 2018 was jailed for rape and subsequently lost his appeal against the conviction, was initially rehired by One Nation in 2020 as a campaign director after serving his time. He remained employed by the minor right-wing party at least as of last week. Continue reading...

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