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Duncan Murray

HISTORICAL FACTS: Late twist in pauline hanson racism lawsuit | History Defined

Senator Faruqi's lawyers have lodged an appeal for her case against Senator Hanson to be reopened. (Lukas Coch / Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Whether Pauline Hanson knew fellow senator Mehreen Faruqi was Muslim when she made an allegedly racist tweet is the subject of an 11th-hour twist in their bitter legal battle.

Senator Faruqi alleged in a Federal Court lawsuit that the One Nation leader engaged in racial discrimination through a tweet suggesting she "piss off back to Pakistan".

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