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FED:Banner stunt becomes campaign gift horse for Hanson

Pauline Hanson is making hay out of a stunt that interrupted her National Press Club speech, declaring she "quite liked" a left-wing campaign group's depiction of her in pixelated meme sunglasses.

GetUp! has claimed responsibility for a banner that unfurled during Senator Hanson's debut address on Wednesday, accusing the One Nation leader of accepting a $100,000 pay rise while opposing wage increases for workers.

The poster showed Senator Hanson surrounded by winged bundles of cash and wearing eight-bit sunglasses, which are a staple of online "thug life" memes.

"I quite liked the glasses GetUp! gave me in their new poster," she said in a post online, setting the image as her new profile picture on platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

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