He urged Abbott to work with Hanson, and use her momentum to shift the Liberal Party to the right He pursued Oldfield relentlessly, commissioning investigations into his use of public resources (Oldfield was obliged to reimburse the taxpayer for every call he had made to Hanson from his work phone) and accusing Hanson in parliament of "allowing her party to be taken over by a charismatic psychotic whose activities most resemble those of Rasputin". When One Nation in June of 1998 won a significant number of seats in the Queensland state election, Abbott broadened his attack