Pauline Hanson has defended her controversial comments about domestic violence, saying she doesn’t want the nation to “get it twisted”.

The One Nation leader took to Elon Musk’s platform X to share “exactly” what she said in the 4BC interview.

“Here’s exactly what I said on 4BC about domestic violence so you don’t get it twisted by the media or the Labor Party,” she wrote.

Senator Hanson was swiftly slammed for victim-blaming after she said domestic violence was a “two-way street”.

When asked to condemn male perpetrators of domestic violence, she said “women can also lose their cool”.

“Everyone is under so much pressure and it’s really hard. I don’t think we communicate enough with each other,” Senator Hanson told 4BC on Wednesday.

“Domestic violence is wrong, but it’s also a two-way street.”

Anti-domestic violence campaigners condemned Senator Hanson for victim-blaming and ignoring the difficulty reality of leaving an abusive partner.

“Domestic violence is a scourge, but sometimes, look, I’m not going to go in detail, but I’ve been through it myself in my life, and I just feel that if you’re not in a house where you feel safe, you feel you don’t want to be there, then you shouldn’t put up with it,” Senator Hanson said.

Advocates warned the most likely time for a domestic violence victim to be killed was when they left an abusive partner.

Labor Minister for Education Jason Clare joined the growing group of voices criticising Senator Hanson’s comments.

“One in four Australian women are victims of domestic violence … that’s one in four women who are violently attacked by people who tell them that they love them. You know, that’s not a two-way street. That’s a crime,” he told the ABC.

“I think when people hear these comments, if they’re thinking about voting for Pauline Hanson, they think, hang on. I didn’t sign up for that.”

Opposition home affairs spokesman Jonathon Duniam said Senator Hanson’s comments were a “garbled response”.

“If we’re serious about resolving matters of domestic violence, elder abuse, child sexual abuse, and exploitation, then let’s not just have throwaway lines in interviews,” he told the ABC.

“I think One Nation have been long on the record as suggesting that not only women are victims, although that does ignore the fact that the statistics bear out the overwhelming majority of victims of domestic violence are women, perpetrated by men, often partners known to them.

“I think community and political leaders need to be very careful about how they speak about these issues.”

Senator Duniam said politicians needed to “be real about looking at ways to help victims and to ensure perpetrators stop what they’re doing”.

The comments came after two women and two girls were allegedly murdered within four days in early July.

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