Australia High Court to hear Hanson appeal in Faruqi racial discrimination case

Australia's High Court granted Pauline Hanson special leave to appeal a full federal court ruling that her 2022 remarks to Senator Mehreen Faruqi constituted racial discrimination. The lower court had upheld a finding that Hanson portrayed Faruqi as a 'second-class citizen'. The appeal tests the legal boundaries of political speech versus racial vilification under Australian law.

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