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Australia High Court agrees to hear Pauline Hanson racial vilification appeal

Australia's High Court has agreed to hear One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's appeal against a court ruling that found she racially vilified Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi.

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The High Court of Australia has agreed to hear an appeal by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson against a court ruling that found she racially vilified Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi. The Daily Mail and ABC News Australia reported that the High Court granted the challenge to racial discrimination findings against her. [1][2]

According to ABC News Australia, the legal dispute stems from an interaction on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in September 2022. During the exchange, Senator Hanson told Senator Faruqi to, quote, "piss off back to Pakistan". The Daily Mail noted that the High Court will now consider the comments made to the senator. [1][2]

ABC News Australia reported that the Federal Court previously upheld a decision finding Senator Hanson breached racial discrimination laws. Following that ruling, Senator Hanson applied for special leave to appeal to the High Court in August. [2]

Senator Hanson has served as a senator for Queensland since 2016 and leads the One Nation party, as FTMQ News reported earlier. [8]

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In short

  • The High Court agreed to hear Pauline Hanson's appeal against a racial vilification ruling.
  • The finding stems from a September 2022 interaction on X involving Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
  • The Federal Court had previously upheld the decision that Senator Hanson breached racial discrimination laws.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Pauline Hanson's day in the High Court: One Nation leader's 'go back to Pakistan' comment to Mehreen Faruqi to be considered by Australia's most powerful judgesDaily Mail, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Breaking: Pauline Hanson to appeal racial discrimination finding in High CourtABC News Australia, 1h ago
  3. [3]Celebrity accused of 'inappropriate sexual activities' loses High Court bid to keep name secretLondon Evening Standard, 15h ago
  4. [4]Family of woman that died in Cork nursing home during pandemic settle High Court actionirishtimes.com, 10h ago
  5. [5]Belfast High Court judge gets emotional at conclusion of Troubles cases ‘close to his heart’The Irish News, 13h ago
  6. [6]Jim O’Callaghan under pressure after High Court ruling on criminal legal aidirishtimes.com, 21h ago
  7. [7]Jim O’Callaghan returns to legal aid talks after High Court judge rules his changes ‘unfair’irishtimes.com, 23h ago

Background

  1. [8]Pauline Hanson warns French style riots could spread to Australia without migration cuts FTMQ News, 17d ago
  2. [9]Pauline Hanson proposes reversing Labor tax changes and capping negative gearing FTMQ News, 17d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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