Pauline Hanson hoses down any suggestion of a friendship with Lidia Thorpe ... trends now

Pauline Hanson has rubbished suggestions that she and Lidia Thorpe have eased their frosty relations after the Greens-turned-Independent senator appeared to support her.

The duo were pictured side-by-side for the first time on Wednesday, weeks after the One Nation leader's team complained about the 'inappropriate' Senate seating arrangement.

But they appeared in high spirits for at least a portion of Question Time, particularly when Senator Hanson addressed issues surrounding First Nations' sovereignty.

She asked: 'Does the Albanese government support the establishment of a sovereign, independent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nation in Australia, yes or no?'

After Penny Wong, representing the Prime Minister, skirted around the answer and suggested Senator Hanson may have a misplaced motivation for asking such a question, Senator Thorpe threw her head back in fits of laughter.

And while some onlookers may have interpreted Senator Thorpe's reaction to the question as an olive branch, a spokesman for Senator Hanson told Daily Mail Australia she has no intention of smoothing things over.

Daily Mail Australia understands Senator Thorpe thought the line of questioning was brilliant, and thoroughly enjoyed the back-and-forth, and told Senator Hanson as much.

Senator Wong said: 'The issue of sovereignty is something that First Nations people, including in this place, have asserted very clearly. You would have heard Senator Stewart and others talk about the First Nations not having ceded their sovereignty. 

'But if the question goes to two nations, we are the nation of Australia.'

Senator Thorpe later told Daily Mail Australia: 'Sovereignty is what we need to be talking about in this country,

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