Pauline Hanson’s barrister said the One Nation senator was not literally telling Mehreen Faruqi to go home when she told her to “piss off back to Pakistan”.
Mehreen Faruqi’s racial discrimination case against Pauline Hanson heard that the One Nation leader had also told a white male politician to “pack your bags”.
“There have been systemic barriers put on multicultural communities,” says Senate hopeful Wesa Chau. “And when we talk about discrimination,this is what it looks like.”
The events of Monday night in Wakeley will be triggering for many people whose homelands have been marred by sectarian violence.
Former prime minister Abbott,who has a chequered history on gender relations,rejected quotas for the Liberal Party but said it needed greater ethnic and gender diversity.
Diaspora communities say they were blindsided by proposed laws that could ban foreigners from countries such as Iran and South Sudan from entering Australia.
Leo Varadkar,the gay son of an Irish nurse and a doctor born in India,became the country’s youngest-ever leader in 2017.
Women have discovered both their potential and their authentic selves over the past 65 years. I expect the next 65 will be about men doing the same.
Much can be resolved if we listen to the changes that women and girls are calling for,says the academic and lawyer.
Mining companies are spending big,transforming harsh outback mining camps with luxury accommodation,Olympic-sized swimming pools and restaurants in a bid to turn them into female-friendly workplaces.
The ABC drama series prides itself on historical accuracy,but there’s one big anachronism its makers deliberately embraced.