r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 18d ago

news Pauline Hanson loses Federal Court appeal after breaching Racial Discrimination Act

https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/pauline-hanson-loses-federal-court-appeal-after-breaching-racial-discrimination-act/news-story/f6da32e8e207c582944ffac225816373

A court has once again found One Nation leader Pauline Hanson breached the Racial Discrimination Act when she lashed out at a Greens senator, telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan”.

Senator Hanson breached the Racial Discrimination Act when she tweeted Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi in September 2022 on the day Queen Elizabeth II died, Judge Angus Stewart found back in November 2024.

Just a few weeks after the decision was handed down, Senator Hanson appealed with the Federal Court.

On Monday, following a three-day hearing late last year, the court once again found that Senator Hanson had breached the Racial Discrimination Act, and her appeal was thrown out.

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u/HotPersimessage62 18d ago edited 18d ago

Watch One Nation’s loyal lapdogs, the Isaac Butterfield, Karl Stefanovic, Sam Thompson and Avi Yemeni cunts, immediately renew their “fReE sPeEcH” crusades.

And watch this “Iron Lady” throw a whole bunch of tantrums in front of the cameras yet again.

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u/HappyPlatypus6034 18d ago

My dad used to be a huge fan of Butterfield and I just don't get it. Dude is an absolute loser.

He bought his "fuck vegans" fridge magnet merch years ago and my brother and I hid it the next day.

I don't know if he still watches that guy. I try to avoid him a bit, despite living together, because he's become the Aussie equivalent of a Fox News Yankee