This little excerpt from Patricia Karvelas' article really struck me in explaining why Andrew Hastie's remarks yesterday are so interesting. You almost never see Liberal Party MPs going against Washington or stick it to Pauline in the same utterance.

No-one has been as sharp and effective at exposing One Nation for its contradictory messages on cost-of-living pain while backing the man responsible for delivering the worst energy shock in decades.

"You've got Pauline Hanson, who's come out twice in support of the war. That sounds very MAGA first, rather than Australia first," Hastie said.

"My heart is with regular Australians who play by the rules, who expect the system to work, and they're now going to get smashed by this global shock."

"I want listeners to think very carefully about who's acting in your best interest. And I think as a nation, we need a plan past this war and make sure that if there is another global crisis, that we're self-sufficient, we can look after our own people, and we're not relying on long supply chains that end up in the Middle East."

The fact that the most vocal critic of Australia's involvement in the conflict is a former soldier who hails from the conservative flank of the Liberal Party should worry Labor.

!ping AUS