It is Truly Amazing What the Threat of a Defamation Lawsuit Can Do! By James Reed
Senator Lidia Thorpe has issued a public apology after Pauline Hanson threatened to sue her over her "convicted racist" comment. Pauline Hanson had issued defamation warnings toThorpe and Channel Nine's Today show after the senator labelled her "a convicted racist" onthe November 28 program. The apology: "'My comments about Hanson last week referred to the federal court ruling that found she racially vilified a senator, contravened the Racial Discrimination Act and exhibited a strong form of racism,' Ms Thorpe wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
'To clarify, I was mistaken that she was "convicted" because it was a civil case.
'Sorry about that Pauline!'
It would have been a better strategy to just outrightly sue her, rather than seek an apology which gave Thorpe an obvious escape route.
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