Pauline Hanson, Barnaby Joyce dinner: One Nation Leader woos Nationals MP with sandwich press steaks

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has followed through on her ‘home-cooked’ dinner offer for renegade Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce, cooking up a storm on a sandwich press in her office.

Senator Hanson, who attempted to lure Mr Joyce to One Nation after his relationship with the Nationals broke down, could be seen cooking steaks on a sandwich press in a kitchenette nook of her Canberra office.

A cucumber, tomato, and onion salad, and a pasta salad, were also on the menu for the two politicians’ Parliament House feast.

Later, Senator Hanson dished up a baked pie for dessert.

Whether the dinner will result in Mr Joyce joining One Nation remains to be seen.

The dinner came after Senator Hanson shut down the Senate for 90 minutes on Monday after she wore a burqa into the chambers.

The stunt, which was the second time Senator Hanson has worn a burqa in the chambers, came after the One Nation Leader’s burqa ban bill was not introduced for discussion.

Senator Hanson on Tuesday said her stunt exposed the “complete and utter hypocrisy” of her colleagues.

“They were outraged, but not for the right reasons as usual,” she said in a statement online. “I wanted to expose their complete and utter hypocrisy.

“They made the usual noises of outrage to cover their own embarrassment and complicity in making Australia less safe, in making Australia a haven for cultures which force women to wear these offensive garments, and in setting back women’s rights by decades.

“And of course, Labor and the Greens just whined about giving offence (sic) to those cultures without ever acknowledging that vastly more Australians are offended by burqas and what they represent.

“Greens are happy to wear symbols of terrorism in the chamber and are allowed to do so.”