<p>One Nation leader granted special leave to appeal after full federal court earlier this year agreed Hanson portrayed Faruqi as a ‘second-class citizen’</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily political email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Australia’s high court has agreed to hear Pauline Hanson’s appeal against a ruling that she engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she told the Greens senator to “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”.</p><p>The One Nation leader was granted special leave to appeal on Thursday after the full federal court earlier this year unanimously <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/01/pauline-hanson-tweet-unlawful-racial-discrimination-mehreen-faruqi-federal-court-rules-ntwnfb">upheld a 2024 decision</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/05/pauline-hanson-to-appeal-mehreen-faruqi-racial-discrimination-ruling-high-court-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>