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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amy Remeikis

Faruqi v Hanson: Greens senator seeks to reopen racial discrimination case citing new evidence

The One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi
The One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, left, and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi. Hanson has denied racially discriminating and vilifying Faruqi by tweeting that she should ‘piss off back to Pakistan’. Composite: AAP

The Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi has applied to the federal court to reopen her racial discrimination case against Pauline Hanson, in a bid to air new evidence alleging that the One Nation leader knew Faruqi was a Muslim when she tweeted for her to “piss off back to Pakistan”.

Faruqi has alleged she had been racially discriminated against and vilified by Hanson under section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act and last week the federal court spent four days hearing evidence from both senators.

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