Pauline Hanson has been dumped by Channel 9 as a regular contributor for The Today Show after a spate of comments she made this morning (July 6).
The One Nation leader appeared on the programme to talk about the Melbourne public housing tower blocks and reports that people in there were suffering because of a government imposed lockdown.
Some residents claimed they hadn't received adequate food as they face at least five days in hard lockdown.
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There have been more than 50 people test positive in the nine towers in Melbourne's northern suburbs and more testing is being done to ensure they know how many people might have Covid-19.
Ms Hanson unleashed on people in the public housing.
She said: "The fact is a lot of them are drug addicts as well, they are getting their medication, they are alcoholics so they're being looked after in that way.
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"They are actually getting paid extra money. Why are they getting paid extra money? For what? They are not leaving the premises."
She also added that their inability to speak English properly was a contributing factor in the buildings going into hard lockdown.
"A lot of these people are from non-English speaking back grounds, probably English is their second language who haven't adhered to the rules of social distancing. They all used a lot of the same laundry," she said.
Ms Hanson alleged that because some of the residents are from troubled countries, they should be used to a bit of roughness.
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"You know, these people, I saw them taking a truck load of food to them, all the rest of it, if they are from war torn countries, which some of these people are, they know what it is like to be in tough conditions," she said.
Those comments, along with others made during the morning programme, have led to her being removed as a regular commentator on the show.
Nine's Director of News and Current Affairs Darren Wick said in a statement: "The Today show has advised Pauline Hanson that she will no longer be appearing on our programme as a regular contributor.
"We don't shy away from diverse opinions and robust debate on the Today show. But this morning's accusations from Pauline Hanson were ill-informed and divisive. At a time of uncertainty in this national and global health crisis, Australians have to be united and supportive of one another. We need to get through this together."