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View From The Hill: Albanese Lashes Hanson over Attack on His Mother
Albanese said his mother was a person of great character after Hanson called his public housing upbringing pathetic, drawing criticism from colleagues.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended his late mother, Maryanne Albanese, after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson resurfaced criticism of her public housing tenure, calling his mother "way out of Pauline Hanson's league."
Hanson told podcaster Karl Stefanovic in February that public housing should be "limited time," dismissing Albanese's childhood references as "pathetic" and criticizing his mother's 65-year residence in the same property.
Maryanne Albanese raised her son alone in Sydney's Inner West on a disability pension, crippled by severe rheumatoid arthritis, a struggle the Prime Minister describes as central to his leadership philosophy.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen and Trade Minister Don Farrell condemned the remarks as "appalling," arguing deceased family members should remain "off-limits" in political debate and demanding an apology from Hanson.
Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie labeled the attack "another indicator" Hanson is unfit for office, linking it to their separate dispute over a One Nation cartoon branding him a "traitor.