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Miklos Bolza

Defamation case not a Pauline Hanson 'royal commission'

Pauline Hanson Mehreen Faruqi Sue Chrysanthou Angus Stewart Lukas Coch Greens One Nation
Pauline Hanson's previous statements over 30 years may be part of the case. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Pauline Hanson is trying to stop a Greens senator attempting to prove the One Nation leader had a decades-long tendency to engage in racist views as part of an upcoming defamation trial.

Mehreen Faruqi has sued over a "hateful" September 2022 tweet by Senator Hanson, who wrote that she should: "Pack (her) bags and piss off back to Pakistan."

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