Pauline Hanson Defamation Trial Begins for Alleged Racism

Published on April 29, 2024

The trial of One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson for alleged hate speech begins in the Federal Court today. The action, brought by Greens senator and party federal deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi, centres on a Twitter post by Ms. Hanson in September 2022. She is accused of engaging in unlawful offensive behaviour—racial discrimination. Ms. Faruqi had written, concerning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, that she could not mourn the passing of the leader of a “racist empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples.” Senator Hanson responded that the Greens Senator should “pack [her] bags and piss off back to Pakistan.”...

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