Apex Australian court; original and appellate jurisdiction under the Constitution.
Australian One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has failed to overturn a court ruling that she racially discriminated against Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi by telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan” in a 2022 tweet. The Full Federal Court confirms the 2024 finding, ruling the post unlawful and not protected as free speech.
Erin Patterson, 51, has appealed her murder convictions for lacing beef Wellington with death cap mushrooms at a Gippsland lunch in July 2023. A two-day Court of Appeal hearing in Melbourne will decide whether grounds exist for a full appeal; the outcome could quash convictions, order a retrial, or uphold the sentence of life with a 33-year non-parole period.