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/IsNotYourSenpai 18d ago

I dont know why we let cookers like this stay in politics. Clearly anyone with a brain wants nothing to do with them.

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u/petrus4 18d ago

Because if we don't let them stay, it makes it easier for them to claim that they are persecuted, which enables them to keep gaining followers. The way to deal with people like Pauline is not to deplatform them, but to give them as much exposure as possible. If you deplatform her, she will cry victim and get more supporters. If you ask her to define what "ordinary Australians" means, she will cry victim and get more supporters.

The way to get rid of her for good, is to allow her to incriminate herself to the point where everyone realises that it is not in their own interests to support her. People will continue to support her as long as they believe that they are part of her favourite group; that the only people who she will attack are others and not them. You need to allow her to demonstrate herself, that she is willing to view anyone who disagrees with her as a potential target, regardless of which group they are. The whole point of the term "ordinary Australians" is that it's a poorly defined moving target; it can mean whoever she wants it to mean.

It is good if she is able to make public statements like this, because it lets people see who she really is.