The feud between Australia's youngest senator, Charlotte Walker, 22, and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has escalated after Hanson's party shared AI-generated images depicting Walker in a baby's car seat, mocking a video Walker herself had posted. The exchange highlights an increasingly personal and public rivalry between the two politicians, which has drawn attention to broader questions about the tone of Australian political discourse and the use of ridicule and AI-manipulated imagery against public figures.

Walker's video showed her eating a sausage roll in a car while mocking One Nation, Hanson's "Please Explain" cartoon series, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and independent senator David Pocock. Hanson responded with an AI-altered clip captioned "Aunty Pauline is taking Charlotte to see Daddy for Father's Day," referencing the sausage roll. The pair's rivalry dates back to 2025, when Walker was elected as a South Australian senator, and has previously flared over Hanson's push to scrap Australia's net zero emissions target, with Walker accusing Hanson of ignoring climate change and Hanson dismissing Walker as inexperienced.