Pauline Hanson Takes Racial Discrimination Fight to High Court Over ‘Go Back to Pakistan’ Post

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been granted special leave to appeal to the High Court regarding a ruling that she racially vilified Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi. The appeal will question the constitutional validity of provisions within the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, specifically section 18C. This section makes it unlawful to engage in conduct likely to offend, insult, humiliate, or intimidate due to race, stemming from Hanson’s social media comment to Faruqi.

• Pauline Hanson is taking her legal battle over racial discrimination laws to the High Court.
• The appeal challenges the constitutional validity of provisions in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, including section 18C.
• The case originated from a Federal Court finding that Hanson engaged in unlawful racial discrimination with a social media post directed at Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
• Hanson’s post told Faruqi to ‘[expletive] off back to Pakistan.’