August 22, 2026 — 7:00pm

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Liberal Party president Tony Abbott has backed Pauline Hanson’s last-ditch attempt to challenge a court ruling that she racially vilified a Greens senator, saying the law posed a risk to free speech.

Hanson announced on Saturday she would seek leave to appeal to the High Court after the Federal Court upheld a judgment that she had breached section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act when she told Mehreen Faruqi to “piss off back to Pakistan”.

Asked about the bid on Saturday, Abbott aligned the Liberals with One…

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