Skip to content
The Nexus
POLITICSJul 27 · 06:51 UTCDAWN[email protected] (AFPReuters)

Australian politician fails to overturn racial vilification ruling over telling Muslim senator to go back to Pakistan

A far-right Australian politician failed to overturn a court ruling that found her comments directing a Muslim senator to return to Pakistan constituted racial vilification. The Federal Court of Australia dismissed her appeal, reaffirming that her social media post breached racial discrimination laws by likely offending and humiliating the senator and other migrants.

Nexus surfaces and summarizes. The full story lives at the source.

Mentioned
Spot something wrong with this article?Report a problem →
Forward this
Related Signal

Adjacent reporting

Australian politician fails to overturn racial vilification ruling over telling Muslim senator to go back to Pakistan · The Nexus