Pauline Hanson slams Julie Bishop on Sunrise for complaining about parliament being ‘toxic’

Pauline Hanson has slammed Julie Bishop for her complaints about the toxic environment within parliament.

Ms Bishop appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday, and admitted she was not at all an ‘angel’ during parliament and said the vicious behaviour does a lot of damage to politics.

‘Question time does more damage to the reputation of the political class than any other issue,’ the former foreign affairs minister said.

Pauline Hanson has slammed Julie Bishop for her complaints about the toxic environment within parliament

The former foreign affairs minister appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday, and admitted she was not at all an 'angel' during parliament

The former foreign affairs minister appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday, and admitted she was not at all an ‘angel’ during parliament

‘There’s far too much throwing of insults, and vicious behaviour, name calling of the like, and the public see that as no better than school children…in fact not as well as behaved as school children.

‘As a minister and as a shadow minister you are judged for your ability to strike a blow against your political opponent.’

On Monday morning, the leader of One Nation appeared on Sunrise and slammed Ms Bishop, who is now a backbench MP.

‘I can’t believe her comments, it’s like the pot calling the kettle black,’ Ms Hanson said.

‘She’s been on the floor of the parliament and involved in all this.’

‘She’s sour grapes because she didn’t get to be leader, she didn’t get to be prime minister. Now she’s on the backbench. Now she’s making all these comments.’ 

The Australian reported that Ms Bishop's interview 'angered' fellow politicians who are questioning the intentions behind her comments

The Australian reported that Ms Bishop’s interview ‘angered’ fellow politicians who are questioning the intentions behind her comments

The Australian reported that Ms Bishop’s interview ‘angered’ fellow politicians who are questioning the intentions behind her comments. 

There are fears former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s allies are attempting to ‘destabilise’ the Coalition. 

During the leadership spill, Ms Bishop launched a failed run against Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton to become Australia’s next prime minister.

She was knocked out of the first round of voting after receiving only 11 votes. 

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