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[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone [S] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Not sure if it would have prevented her running for office again, but in any case the conviction was overturned on appeal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson#Fraud_conviction_and_reversal

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[–] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

The constitution only renders you ineligible to sit in Parliament while you are under sentence or subject to sentencing. Once you've served your sentence you are eligible again.

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