Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi claims a tweet by Senator Pauline Hanson was belittling and racist. The One Nation head denies those claims and says she was simply defending the Queen after Faruqi made provocative comments.
Lawyers for Senator Pauline Hanson have said she told federal Greens deputy leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi to go back to Pakistan in response to a provocative, offensive tweet about the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Faruqi is suing the One Nation leader in the Federal Court over alleged racist discrimination through a September 2022 tweet.
Faruqi is seeking court orders that the One Nation leader donate $150,000 to a charity of the Greens senator's choice. Hanson's barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC called the lawsuit "unmeritorious", arguing her client had responded to an offensive tweet by the Greens senator which was designed to provoke a response.
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