Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi's defamation trial against One Nation's Pauline Hanson begins

Mehreen Faruqi has launched a defamation trial over a tweet from September 2022 by One Nation 's Pauline Hanson telling her to "piss off back to Pakistan ".

A defamation trial launched by Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi over a tweet made by Senator Pauline Hanson telling her to "piss of back to Pakistan" will hear evidence the One Nation Leader is a "well-known, long-standing and prolific sayer of racist things". Sue Chrysanthou SC, representing Senator Hanson, told the court her client does not dispute the tweet represented the One Nation leader's beliefs but instead argued that Senator Faruqi's tweet was intended to "offend and provoke a response".

Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act states that it is unlawful for a person to commit a public act that is reasonably likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group based on the race, colour, or ethnic origin of the other person.Senator Faruqi's legal team argued Senator Hanson's tweet was "not limited to the persons to who its directed at" but also resulted in "vicarious racism" against people with similar attributes to her.

Mr Holt said the "torrent of abuse" made her question her place in Australia and that she continues to have "sleepless nights" over the ordeal.Ms Chrysanthou told the court the Greens senator received a "barrage of criticism" online and from the media, five hours before Senator Hanson tweeted her response."If the person enters the affray in such a provocative way, they expect and seek out a response.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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