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Sandra Sully mortified after accidentally reporting Pauline Hanson is battling claims she is a 'rapist' amid hate speech court battle


Veteran news presenter Sandra Sully was left red faced after she accidentally misread an autocue on Monday night's episode of 10 News First.

Sully, 59, was reporting on One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's hate speech court battle against Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi when a slip of the tongue saw her read the word 'racist' as 'rapist'. Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi (left) is suing Ms Hanson (right) over a comment she made on X (then Twitter ) in September 2022, telling her to 'p*** off back to Pakistan ' following the death of Queen Elizabeth She said that in seeking to 'point out those three things, that the conduct was appalling, disgusting and hypocritical, [Ms Hanson] sets out reasons why she's formed that view, which classically has explained the basis of the opinion, which is what a fair comment is.

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