Bawdy claims, brawl in capital

PAULINE Hanson says United Australia Party senator Brian Burston needs to “get some anger management” after trading verbal barbs and fisticuffs with her chief of staff.

The ugly physical clash occurred outside a formal dinner at Parliament House, just hours after Senator Burston and the One Nation leader accused each other of sexual misconduct.

“I think it’s retaliation and it’s a shame this is happening in Parliament,” Senator Hanson said yesterday. “He really needs to go and get some anger management.”

Bill Shorten said One Nation was once again descending into chaos.

“It would be comic – except it’s not – it’s violence and unparliamentary conduct,” the Labor Leader said.

Earlier, Ms Hanson laughed off claims she sexually harassed Senator Burston, who spectacularly left One Nation last year, saying: “I’m not that desperate.”

But it was no laughing matter when Senator Burston came toe-to-toe with her adviser James Ashby on Wednesday night.

Senator Burston claims Mr Ashby approached him as he and his wife were leaving a function. He claims he was injured when he tried to grab a phone Mr Ashby was waving in his face.

“I told him to f*** off,” Senator Burston said. “I lost it. I grabbed him and I pushed him up against the wall.”

Senator Burston reported the incident to Australian Federal Police and supplied a photograph of his bloodied hand.

Other images appear to show Senator Hanson’s office door smeared with streaks of blood.

The furore erupted after

HE (SENATOR BRIAN BURSTON) REALLY NEEDS TO GO AND GET SOME ANGER MANAGEMENT

PAULINE HANSON

Senator Hanson on Tuesday night used parliamentary privilege to accuse an unnamed senator of sexually harassing at least six staff. Senator Burston outed himself as the mystery alleged culprit, saying it was “bull***”, going on to claim he left One Nation after being sexually harassed by Senator Hanson.

“Right back when we had our first One Nation AGM at the Rooty Hill RSL (in Sydney in 1998), that was the first time she hit on me,” he said.

“I can’t stop laughing about it,” Senator Hanson told Sky News. “I might be 64 ... but I tell you what, I’m not that desperate.”

Pictures KYM SMITH Senator Pauline Hanson and James Ashby arrive at Parliament House yesterday after a brawl the previous night (inset, left) between Mr Ashby and Senator Brian Burston. Senator Burston appeared in the Senate yesterday sporting a bandage on his hand.