One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson faces a defamation trial for alleged hate speech in a tweet about Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson faces a defamation trial for alleged hate speech in the Federal Court. The trial centers around a tweet sent by Hanson in September 2022, where she told Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi to "pack [her] bags and piss off back to Pakistan." Senator Faruqi is suing Hanson for an apology and $150,000 in damages, which she plans to donate to charity. Hanson's lawyers argue that her tweet was a response to Faruqi's provocative and offensive tweet about the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
April 28, 2024
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