Faruqi v Hanson: One Nation leader’s barrister says tweet ‘not nice’ but not racist as court hears closing arguments

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Greens senator’s lawyer tells court it is ‘unlikely’ Pauline Hanson did not know Mehreen Faruqi is Muslim

Faruqi v Hanson: One Nation leader’s barrister says tweet ‘not nice’ but not racist as court hears closing argumentsPauline Hanson’s controversial tweet to fellow senator Mehreen Faruqi telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan” was “not nice” or “polite” but was not racist, her lawyer has told the federal court.

Smark said Hanson did not want Faruqi to return to Pakistan, but “was angry, and she thought she had reason to be angry, and she wanted readers to be aware of her anger and the reason why, or the reasons why”. Smark told the court Faruqi’s tweet had broken “the well-understood convention” of not criticising people “within hours” of their death.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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