Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi is suing One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson for racial discrimination, after she told her to “piss off back to Pakistan”.
Deputy Leader of the Greens Senator Faruqi, in a social media statement on Wednesday evening, announced she had commenced legal proceedings.
Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi has on Wednesday served court papers to One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson for racial discrimination. Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch On the day the Queen died in September, Senator Faruqi tweeted: “Condolences to those who knew the Queen. I cannot mourn the leader of a racist empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples”.
“You took citizenship, bought multiple homes, and a job in a parliament. It’s clear you’re not happy, so pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan,” she added. It called on Senate to “censures Senator Hanson for her divisive, anti-migrant and racist statement telling Senator Faruqi to 'piss off back to Pakistan', which does not reflect the opinions of the Australian Senate or the Australian people”.
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