Pauline Hanson loses bid to reduce costs owed to Mehreen Faruqi after racial discrimination case

The federal court ruled in favour of Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi (left) in November, finding that a tweet by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson was racially discriminatory. Composite: AAP

Pauline Hanson has lost a bid to reduce the costs she is liable to pay Mehreen Faruqi over the Greens deputy leader’s successful racial discrimination case.

In November the federal court ruled in favour of Faruqi finding that Hanson’s tweet telling her to “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan” was racially discriminatory, and ordering Hanson to pay costs.