Hanson Fights Back! By Paul Walker
In the race hate case decided against Hanson this relatively new section of the Racial Discrimination Act, was key in the judgment:
(a) is unlawful under s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) in that it:
(i) was reasonably likely in all the circumstances to offend, insult, humiliate and intimidate the applicant and groups of people, namely people of colour who are migrants to Australia or are Australians of relatively recent migrant heritage and Muslims who are people of colour in Australia;
(ii) was done by the respondent because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the applicant; and
(b) is not exempted under s 18D(c)(ii) as it was not done reasonably and in good faith as a fair comment on a matter of public interest.
It would be hard for social critics not to offend this section. Much of the criticism on US sites like Pam Geller would go down, as the case shows that there is a low threshold for offence, insult and humiliation. These terms are so vague that they can include almost everything. Hanson has said that she will challenge the decision, I hope aiming to go to the High Court, not resting with the full bench of the federal Court. The law cannot be challenged, but the decision's argument should be. As I read the case, propensity evidence was taken and it could be argued that this should be inadmissible, relating to past events. It is done all the time in criminal cases. The aim must be to have the appeal look at only the target statement itself. But I am not a lawyer and the team will have a strategy.
Hanson in tears said that this country is not the one she grew up in. On that she is spot on, it has been worked over in every respect one wants to name, and the globalists are only getting warmed up with total destruction of traditional Australia and its people. Conservatives have been too preoccupied with economics to see that the cultural revolution, which will undermine economics anyway, by the collapse of social capital, need for economic activity.
"Pauline Hanson has broken down in tears in her first interview since she lost a defamation case brought by Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
The One Nation leader said Australia is 'not the country' she 'grew up in' after a judge found she had racially vilified Ms Faruqi when she told her to 'p*** off back to Pakistan' in a tweet.
The Federal court ruled on Friday that the tweet was racist, that Senator Hanson must remove it and that she must pay Senator Faruqi's legal fees after she launched the defamation action on September 9, 2022.
The judge declined to make orders proposed by Senator Faruqi that Senator Hanson pay $150,000 to a charity or undertake anti-racism training.
Senator Hanson appeared deeply affected by Judge Angus Stewart ruling that her post was unlawful under section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
'I just feel that the country's changed so much, in such a way that people can't say what they think anymore. The thought police are out there,' she told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
'It's not the country that I grew up in. People may criticise my comment (but) I've never changed since I first entered politics nearly 30 years ago.
'The decision made, I think, was unfair, unjust and a bit hard but I'm not going to give up. I'm going to appeal against it, I'm going to fight this.'
In a scathing judgment, Justice Angus Stewart found Senator Hanson engaged in 'seriously offensive' and intimidating behaviour with the tweet.
The day of Queen Elizabeth's death, Senator Faruqi took to Twitter, now known as X, to offer condolences to those who knew the monarch.
But she added she could not mourn the passing of the leader of a 'racist empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples'.
In a response, Senator Hanson said she was appalled and disgusted by the comments.
'When you immigrated to Australia you took every advantage of this country,' she wrote."
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