Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O’Connor labels federal government staffer in Parliament ‘sexist pig’ over ‘vile insult’

The Tasmanian Greens leader says a Liberal staffer now employed by the federal government called her a “meth-head c***” when he was working for the then-premier Will Hodgman.

Cassy O’Connor has used parliamentary privilege to call Liberal staffer Andrew Hudgson a “sexist pig”.

Mr Hudgson currently works as media adviser to Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar. He also worked for former Victorian Liberal premier Denis Napthine and federal Cabinet minister Michaelia Cash when she was employment minister and…