Australia news live: Hanson ‘not the person I thought she was’, Hastie says; Labor defends ‘opt out’ push for social media algorithms

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s the fight that dominated parliament this week – and is still going – with Andrew Hastie this morning challenging Pauline Hanson to explain her stance on executing prisoners on the battlefield.A brief recap: Hastie has this week feuded with the One Nation leader over a cartoon video by the party released in late July that calls the former SAS captain a “traitor” after he gave evidence against Ben Roberts-Smith