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Greens senator wants trial reopened to rebut Hanson evidence about her religion
Discrimination 2024-05-09 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mehreen Faruqi wants to reopen a racial discrimination trial to rebut evidence by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson that she didn’t know the deputy Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote in a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 

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Hanson says she didn’t known Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote ‘piss off’ tweet
Trials 2024-04-30 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has been accused of lying under oath after claiming she did not know deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi was Muslim when she wrote in a a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 

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Pauline Hanson’s ‘dog whistle’ tweet caused torrent of abuse, says Greens’ Mehreen Faruqi
Discrimination 2024-04-29 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pauline Hanson’s tweet that Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan” was not a fair comment on a post the deputy Greens leader made after Queen Elizabeth II died that was critical of the monarchy, Faruqi argued as trial kicked off in her racial discrimination case against the One Nation leader.

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Hanson says US expert can’t opine on Aussie meaning of ‘Back to where you came from’ dig
Politics 2024-02-02 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

A professor from Texas has no business offering an opinion on the meaning of One Nation senator Pauline Hanson’s exhortation to the Greens party deputy leader that she “piss off back to Pakistan”, a court has heard.

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Clive Palmer drops appeal of climate change decision blocking Queensland coalmine
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-02-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal has abandoned a challenge to a ruling that ended its plan for a coalmine in central Queensland on the grounds that the project would contribute to “foreseeable and preventable life terminating harm”.

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