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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Karen Barlow

Hanson withdraws Faruqi 'go home' remarks, avoids censure

Pauline Hanson has escaped censure over her latest effort to tell Pakistan-born Australian Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi to "go home" after withdrawing her remarks, but the Senate President has still read Senators the riot act over parliamentary behaviour.

The One Nation leader, who is being sued by the Greens deputy leader over a tweet telling her to "piss off back to Pakistan", doubled down during Monday evening's Senate debate on a counter-terrorism bill and in particular Senator Faruqi's strong concern for Palestine.

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