Mehreen Faruqi to sue Pauline Hanson over offensive tweet
Greens senator says she is drawing a line in the sand' after One Nation leader told her to piss off back to Pakistan'
Mehreen Faruqi will launch federal court action against Pauline Hanson under the Racial Discrimination Act, after the One Nation founder told the Greens senator to piss off back to Pakistan" in an ugly social media clash following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Faruqi wants Hanson to make a $150,000 donation to charity and to publish a new tweet saying she had used offensive language. The New South Wales senator said she chose to escalate legal action over the September 2022 tweet after a complaint through the Human Rights Commission was terminated.
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