Australia news Australia news live: Hanson suggests a ‘chill pill’ for critics as she doubles down on video calling Hastie a ‘traitor’ Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast LIVE Updated now Nick Visser Fri 11 Sep 2026 03.00 BSTFirst published on Thu 10 Sep 2026 21.40 BST Share Key events 3m ago Asio chief reveals 16 terror plots have been foiled since Bondi attack 1h ago Pauline Hanson not backing away from Hastie cartoon, suggesting a ‘chill pill’ for critics 3h ago Hastie says he accepts Joyce’s explanation over One Nation video 4h ago John Howard says Australia did the ‘right thing’ after September 11 attacks 5h ago Marles says One Nation cartoon about Andrew Hastie ‘tasteless’ 5h ago Anthony Albanese marks September 11's anniversary Pauline Hanson wrote ‘everyone just needs to take a chill pill’ after the furore over the One Nation cartoon that labelled Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’.

Composite: Getty Images/AAP Pauline Hanson wrote ‘everyone just needs to take a chill pill’ after the furore over the One Nation cartoon that labelled Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’.

Composite: Getty Images/AAP From 1h ago The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, is standing by the cartoon that labelled Andrew Hastie a “traitor” despite growing condemnation from Labor, the Greens, Liberals and the crossbench.

The video is currently pinned to the top of Hanson’s X feed, and she said on Wednesday she would not apologise and the uproar was “a storm in a teacup as far as I’m concerned”.

She has denied ever calling Hastie a traitor.

Last night, Hanson posted a photo of Jacqui Lambie and herself in the Senate, alongside a post that read “I think everyone just needs to take a chill pill”.

A furious Lambie told ABC radio yesterday that Hanson was a “bloody coward”.

The One Nation leader posted again this morning on X to express her “thanks” to Hastie that the “cartoons make the news again”, sharing the “ten best episodes” of the animation Please Explain.

As we reported earlier, Hastie told Guardian Australia he accepted Barnaby Joyce’s explanation that he didn’t know about the cartoon.

He said he now knows that Hanson “is the only lying coward”.

Key events 3m ago Asio chief reveals 16 terror plots have been foiled since Bondi attack 1h ago Pauline Hanson not backing away from Hastie cartoon, suggesting a ‘chill pill’ for critics 3h ago Hastie says he accepts Joyce’s explanation over One Nation video 4h ago John Howard says Australia did the ‘right thing’ after September 11 attacks 5h ago Marles says One Nation cartoon about Andrew Hastie ‘tasteless’ 5h ago Anthony Albanese marks September 11's anniversary Australia’s domestic spy agency says it has disrupted 16 terrorist threats in the nine months since the Bondi attack, including an antisemitic attack, a plot to kill Muslims and a violent racist allegedly found with weapons and ammunition.

The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation’s director-general, Mike Burgess, outlined the “evolving threat” in a speech today on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States.

The Asio head revealed his organisation had disrupted 16 terror plans since December where the “threat was considered serious but not necessarily imminent”.

Burgess previously revealed in June the figure was 14, representing a minor increase.

Since 2014, it has foiled 33 major terrorism plots.

Burgess said Sunni violent extremism represented the majority of Asio’s counter-terrorism caseload but that it was “too simplistic to assume there is a single terrorism threat or a most likely terrorist threat as we did in the aftermath of 9/11”.

He said the threats included an individual allegedly inspired by extreme right-wing ideology, others inspired by extreme left-wing ideologies and others inspired by “mixed and seemingly incompatible beliefs”, including one person who allegedly wanted to blow up a school who was allegedly inspired by ideological and extreme Christian beliefs.

Burgess said: These dynamics make the contemporary terrorism environment different – and in some ways, more difficult – than a quarter of a century ago ...

Spikes in grievance, intolerance and polarisation are degrading our security environment and making politically motivated violence more likely.

Matt Canavan ‘welcomes’ communication between Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie Matt Canavan spoke to News24 earlier, saying he “welcomes” Barnaby Joyce reaching out to Andrew Hastie about the One Nation “traitor” cartoon.

Canavan began by condemning One Nation’s bids to “distance” themselves from the cartoon, noting the video was authorised and published by the minor party.

I thought that was pretty weak.

The Nationals leader said he appreciated that Joyce had explained to Hastie that he didn’t know about the cartoon.

I welcome Barnaby’s apology, it’s a matter for Andrew if he accepts it – but I think Pauline should do the same. (In a statement, Hastie said he did accept it, but characterised it as an “explanation” rather than an apology.) Canavan said he personally welcomed criticism but that politicians did not need to “devolve” into this sort of language.

The interview took somewhat of an odd turn when Cavanan also referred to himself as someone with “communist sympathies” in his youth.

Albanese is under fire over a grants program that benefited his local golf club.

Were any rules broken?

Anthony Albanese is under fire after an invite-only grant program allocated millions to marginal Labor seats and his old local golf club.

The government claims it has broken no rules and delivered its election promises by the standard method but transparency advocates have said the system needs reform and have drawn comparisons to the notorious “sports rorts” affair.

What went wrong – and is this sports rorts all over again?