Hanson's tweet 'unfit for afternoon tea but not racist'

Pauline Hanson was not driven by racism but rather a need to expose hypocrisy when she told a Greens senator to pack her bags and return to Pakistan.

That is the One Nation leader's argument as she challenges court findings she engaged in "seriously offensive" and intimidating behaviour toward Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi.

Senator Hanson's remarks in September 2022 - while not fit for an afternoon tea or the courtroom - were expected by Australian Twitter users accustomed to the argy-bargy of politicians, barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC argued during a Federal Court appeal hearing on Monday.

The court could not sit in an ivory tower without grappling with how Twitter users conducted themselves in 2022, often writing things they would not say in person, the barrister said.

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