The Senate might be thoroughly sick of Pauline Hanson’s antics – on Tuesday it suspended her for seven days over her appearance in a burqa – but she’s Barnaby Joyce’s kind of politician.

Both are attention-seekers, and they know how to get the publicity they crave and need.

Days ahead of their likely political nuptials, Pauline cooked Barnaby a wagyu steak on her office sandwich press, serving it with a nice salad. Then (of course) the tableau appeared in the media.

Monday had already been eventful for the One Nation leader. After she was denied permission to introduce a bill to ban the burqa and other face coverings, she went to her office, grabbed her burqa (there from a similar stunt in 2017) and appeared back into the chamber in the garb.

Predictably, there was cross-chamber outrage; she was told to leave and take off the garment. When she refused, the Senate dealt with the situation by adjourning for more than an hour and a half.

On Tuesday it returned to the matter, with........

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