# Pauline Hanson launches final appeal after losing legal war over her ‘p*** off back to Pakistan’ comment

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/pauline-hanson-launches-final-appeal-after-losing-legal-war-over-her-p-off-back-to-pakistan-comment/
- Published: 2026-11-05T03:50:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T04:03:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16267201/pauline-hanson-high-court-appeal-faruqi-racial-discrimination.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Asia, World

## Key points

- The High Court will hear Hanson’s appeal.
- The case concerns section 18C and political speech.
- Faruqi says she will defend protections against racial vilification.

## Summary

Australia’s High Court has agreed to hear Pauline Hanson’s appeal against a ruling that her social media post to Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi breached racial discrimination law. The appeal will test whether the law’s provisions improperly restrict the implied constitutional freedom of political communication.

The dispute began after Faruqi commented on Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September 2022 and Hanson told her to “p*** off back to Pakistan”. A Federal Court judge found the post contravened section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, and the Full Federal Court upheld that decision in July. Hanson says the case concerns free speech; Faruqi says she will continue defending protections against racial vilification.

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