Faruqi v Hanson: One Nation leader tells court she did not know Greens senator was Muslim when she told her to ‘piss off back to Pakistan’

Pauline Hanson denies lying to federal court over her claim she did not know Mehreen Faruqui’s religion when she sent tweet

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The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has been accused of lying under oath in the federal court after denying that she knew, until recently, that the Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi was a Muslim.

Hanson spent Tuesday afternoon in the witness box of the federal court where she was questioned by Faruqi’s counsel, Saul Holt KC, about her views and previous statements on immigration, Muslims and migrants.

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