say that Senator Hanson regarded the statement of condolences to those who knew the Queen to be insincere because Senator Faruqi then went on to describe the Queen as "the leader of a racist empire" which Senator Hanson regards as a "vicious" insult to the Queen.
173 Thirdly, Senator Hanson says that Senator Faruqi's statement of being reminded of the urgency of "Treaty with First Nations, justice & reparations for British colonies & becoming a republic" "makes no sense" because the death of the Queen is not a reminder of those things and has nothing to do with them.
174 Senator Hanson dictated her tweet in response to Senator Faruqi's tweet to a member of her staff to publish on Twitter. She says that she wrote it:
because as an elected senator:
(a) I wanted to respond to the hypocritical, false, misleading and insincere Faruqi Tweet;
(b) I wanted to stand up for the values of many of my constituents and many people across Australia; and
(c) I wanted to stand up for an institution that Senator Faruqi had decided to attack.
175 Senator Hanson also said that the people she represents, and whose thoughts she wished to convey in the tweet, hold two attitudes in particular. First, they love Australia and saw the Queen as part of the Australian character. Secondly, they hate a lack of self-awareness in politicians and "they would be outraged (like I was) when a politician like Senator Faruqi, with her high paying job and multiple properties, was complaining about a racist empire built on stolen wealth."
176 Senator Hanson said that she chose the words in her tweet for the following reasons (as written):
(a) Your attitude appalls and disgusts me: I was appalled and disgusted by Senator Faruqi's attitude for all of the reasons I have given above.
(b) When you immigrated to Australia you took every advantage of this country. You took citizenship, bought multiple homes, and a job in parliament: I wanted to make the point that Senator Faruqi had received enormous advantages of the "racist empire" she was now criticising, for the reasons given above.
(c) "It's clear you're not happy, so pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan": Contrary to what Senator Faruqi suggests, I was not saying "go back to where you came from" because of her racial characteristics. There is nothing about Senator Faruqi's race, colour or origin that means she should not be in Australia – it was her attitude that was the problem – her attitude to towards Australia and Australians.
What I was saying was if she thought Australia was such a terrible place (because she made a public statement that it was a racist empire built on stolen lives, land
