Pauline Hanson loses bid to overturn Mehreen Faruqi racial discrimination finding
by Jordyn Beazley from World news | The Guardian on (#778J6)
Judges find in Faruqi's favour after One Nation leader launched an appeal against judgement she had breached Racial Discrimination Act
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A court has upheld the finding that Pauline Hanson engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she tweeted the Greens senator should pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan".
The One Nation leader launched the appeal in November, almost a month after Justice Angus Stewart found Hanson engaged in seriously offensive" and intimidating behaviour against Faruqi in the September 2022 social media post that breached the Racial Discrimination Act.
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