Andrew Hastie to get extra security, citing One Nation campaign against him

Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie is set to receive extra security in what he believes is a response to a One Nation-fuelled campaign against him, including over his stance on the Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes allegations. At a partyroom meeting on Tuesday, Hastie told colleagues that the home affairs minister, Tony Burke , had advised him that he had been identified for security measures at his home and electorate office. Hastie said Burke did not disclose the nature of the threats that prompted this. Liberal sources said Hastie told colleagues he believes the decision was a response to a months-long online campaign from One Nation and its supporters, including over his involvement in the Roberts-Smith case. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email Hastie, a former SAS solider, served alongside Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan and was subpoenaed to give evidence in the defamation trial that the Victoria Cross recipient brought against the Nine newspapers. Hastie is a potential witness in the criminal trial after Roberts-Smith was charged with war crimes in April. Roberts-Smith has denied all allegations against him and said that he had “always acted within my values, within my training and within the rules of engagement”. The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has been an enthusiastic supporter of Roberts-Smith, telling a recent rally that he was a “war hero” and a person “I respect and admire”. …