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Pauline Hanson racially vilified Mehreen Faruqi with ‘piss off’ tweet, federal court rules

Pauline Hanson racially vilified Mehreen Faruqi with ‘piss off’ tweet, federal court rules



One Nation leader will need to delete the tweet and pay Greens senator’s costs which will likely total ‘many hundreds of thousands’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she tweeted the Greens senator should “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”, a judge has ruled.The judge ordered Hanson delete the offending tweet and pay Faruqi’s costs for the proceedings. Faruqi’s lawyer Michael Bradley told Guardian Australia that while costs had not been calculated in full, they would probably total “many hundreds of thousands of dollars”. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-01 02:30:46

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