Mosaic News

Buy Me A Coffee
News without borders
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Mosaic News is free to read — but not free to run. Your (monthly) donation keeps it going. →
Human Rights

Pauline Hanson loses appeal over racial discrimination finding against Senator Mehreen Faruqi

Monday, 27 July 2026, 06:23 · 1 min read

Australia's Federal Court has unanimously upheld a ruling that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson engaged in racial discrimination against Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi by telling her to "pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan" in a 2022 post on X. Three judges rejected all seven grounds of Hanson's appeal, reaffirming that the tweet breached the Racial Discrimination Act and portrayed Faruqi as a "second-class citizen" whose belonging in Australia was conditional on her silence. Hanson has indicated she may seek a further appeal in the High Court of Australia (the country's highest judicial authority), while Faruqi, who was present for the ruling, declared the outcome "a win for every single person who has been told to go back to where you came from."

Sources
The Guardian — Pauline Hanson loses bid to overturn Mehreen Faruqi racial discrimination finding ↗︎
This article was automatically compiled by AI from the sources above. It may contain inaccuracies. Always read the original sources for the full context.