Pauline Hanson will use the Senate to denounce the “poor treatment” of Nauru detention centre security guards who were punished after appearing in a photo with her at a Reclaim Australia rally.

The eight guards were suspended after Wilson Security learned about the photo with Hanson, who spoke at the demonstration by the far right group against Islam’s cultural influence in Brisbane in April last year.

The guard who posted the photo on Facebook was sacked and the others were demoted from the emergency response team on Nauru. They were told they could not return to the island without a written apology for attending the rally and being in the photo with Hanson.

Four guards were cleared to return to Nauru but two refused to do so and quit. Two others who refused to apologise also quit after being offered lower-paid jobs at Brisbane airport car park. The final guard saw out his contract but was “unable to return to work”, according to Wilson Security. None of the men remain with the company, which “strongly denies” any of them were treated unfairly.

One guard who appeared in the photo – under which another had posted the quip “Pauline Hanson’s Protection Team” – went on to provide security at Hanson’s One Nation federal election campaign launch in Brisbane, which drew protesters and police.

Hanson, who has been elected a Queensland senator on a platform including a ban on Muslim immigration pending a royal commission into Islam, bans on face veils in public and CCTV in mosques and Islamic schools, would raise the issue of the Nauru guards on the Senate floor “in due course”, a spokesman said.

“Each of those men has been treated poorly by their employer and Pauline intends to give each of them a voice on the floor of parliament,” he said.

One of the guards said their sense of unfair treatment was heightened by the fact Hanson was now an elected representative with significant public support.

One Nation in Queensland outpolled the Greens in the Senate with more than 130,000 primary votes and drew significant lower-house votes.

Mr Hammer wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 11:43am:


People?

Only one guy was sacked.

And, he had also made Facebook posts calling to boycott halal products.

Most employers these days have very strict rules regarding facebook.

Also, there is nothing in the article that says the guy was sacked because of his personal political views.

Are you referring to another incident, perhaps?

If the guard was wrongfully dismissed, he could have applied for unfair dismissal at the FWC.

Did he do that?