Lidia Thorpe issues public 'apology' after Pauline Hanson threatened to SUE her over 'convicted racist' comment

Lidia Thorpe has issued a public apology of sorts to Pauline Hanson for calling her a 'convicted racist'. Lidia Thorpe has issued an apology to Pauline Hanson for calling her a 'convicted racist' Ms Hanson's legal team sent a letter to Ms Thorpe threatening legal action last week 'It is highly irresponsible of you to have used this language on national television. Ms Thorpe's remarks concerned a Federal Court finding on November 1 that Ms Hanson had racially vilified Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi by telling her to 'p*ss off back to Pakistan' in a message on X. Ms Hanson's legal team has filed an appeal on the judgement, saying her sledge wasn't racist as she previously told another senator to 'go back' to New Zealand. The remarks were triggered by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi to 'p*ss off back to Pakistan' in an earlier message on X Justice Angus Stewart found Ms Hanson's post of X broke section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and was an 'angry personal attack' and conveyed a 'strong form of racism'. Independent Senator Fatima Payman also recently accused Ms Hanson of being a racist during a speech in Parliament Ms Payman called Ms Hanson the definition of racism during her speech while Ms Thorpe could be heard shouting 'you are a convicted racist' in the background Ms Payman accused Ms Hanson of racism by listing previous comments made by her, including her first speech in which she said Australia was 'in danger of being swamped by Asians' and that 'Aboriginality would no longer exist' if her party were in power.